PAULMIER, JEHAN (French). Mint-master at Villeneuve-Saint- André, 1411.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Mint master:
In medieval and early modern Germany, the Münzmeister ("mint master", the Latin term is monetarius) was the director or administrator of a mint, a moneyer with responsibility for the minting of coins, or specie. His duties were defined differently at different locations and ages.
OSBORN, JOHN
OSBORN, JOHN (Brit.). Engraver of the first half of the seventeenth century, who executed dies for medallions in pressed horn. No particulars are known of this artist's life ; he describes himself as an Englishman, and seems to have been at work in Amsterdam, circ. 1626. '' The busts of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, and his wife Amelia (reduced) seem to have been executed by John Osborn expressly for impressing horn. They are also found in bronze and lead, but both materials show traces of ...
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OSBORN, JOHN (Brit.). Engraver of the first half of the seventeenth century, who executed dies for medallions in pressed horn. No particulars are known of this artist's life ; he describes himself as an Englishman, and seems to have been at work in Amsterdam, circ. 1626. '' The busts of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, and his wife Amelia (reduced) seem to have been executed by John Osborn expressly for impressing horn. They are also found in bronze and lead, but both materials show traces of ...
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OSTERMANN, LUDWIG
OSTERMANN, LUDWIG (Germ.). Director and Proprietor of the GOTTFRIED LOOS MEDALLIC MINT at Berlin, after the death of Loos in 1843. This Die-sinking establishment still exists under the name of Berliner Medaillen-Münze von L. Ostermann vorm. G. Loos. Ostermann died in 1879. He was succeeded as Director byEmil Krüger, 1879-1895 ; and the present owner is Herr Arthur Krüger. For a list of some of the productions issued by L. Ostermann, cfr. GOTTFRIED BERNARD LOOS (Vol. III). Vide also KRÜGER, EMIL ...
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OSTERMANN, LUDWIG (Germ.). Director and Proprietor of the GOTTFRIED LOOS MEDALLIC MINT at Berlin, after the death of Loos in 1843. This Die-sinking establishment still exists under the name of Berliner Medaillen-Münze von L. Ostermann vorm. G. Loos. Ostermann died in 1879. He was succeeded as Director byEmil Krüger, 1879-1895 ; and the present owner is Herr Arthur Krüger. For a list of some of the productions issued by L. Ostermann, cfr. GOTTFRIED BERNARD LOOS (Vol. III). Vide also KRÜGER, EMIL ...
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OTTLEY, JOHN
OTTLEY, JOHN (Brit.). Medallist, and Engraver of Tokens, of the end of the eighteenth century, and first half of the nineteenth. He is perhaps best known by his large series of Tokens, known as "Ottley's Birmingham Buildings". Silver specimens were struck specially for Sir George Chetwynd. They were engraved early in the ninetenth century ; Kempson engraved the obverses. Among these are: Coventry Token, 1790 (Ashted Chapel, erected 1790); — St. Bartholomew's Chapel ; — St. Martin's Church ; — St...
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OTTLEY, JOHN (Brit.). Medallist, and Engraver of Tokens, of the end of the eighteenth century, and first half of the nineteenth. He is perhaps best known by his large series of Tokens, known as "Ottley's Birmingham Buildings". Silver specimens were struck specially for Sir George Chetwynd. They were engraved early in the ninetenth century ; Kempson engraved the obverses. Among these are: Coventry Token, 1790 (Ashted Chapel, erected 1790); — St. Bartholomew's Chapel ; — St. Martin's Church ; — St...
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OTTO, THOMAS FITZ
OTTO (or OTHO), THOMAS FITZ (Brit.). Goldsmith, and Mintengraver in London, under Henry III., presumably from 1265 to 1268 or 1269, when he was replaced by Ralph Le Blound ; and again, under Edward I., from 1290 to 1294. He is styled Die Graver in Fee. We read in Ruding : " In the 49th year of Henry III., Thomas Fitz Otho claimed, in the Court of Exchequer, the broken dies, as belonging to him of inheritance, and had his claim allowed ; and in the 52nd year he presented before the barons, Ralph ...
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OTTO (or OTHO), THOMAS FITZ (Brit.). Goldsmith, and Mintengraver in London, under Henry III., presumably from 1265 to 1268 or 1269, when he was replaced by Ralph Le Blound ; and again, under Edward I., from 1290 to 1294. He is styled Die Graver in Fee. We read in Ruding : " In the 49th year of Henry III., Thomas Fitz Otho claimed, in the Court of Exchequer, the broken dies, as belonging to him of inheritance, and had his claim allowed ; and in the 52nd year he presented before the barons, Ralph ...
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