PHILIPP MUSSLER. Mint-warden at Frankfort-on- Main, 1567; died in 1603.
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
PEIOU
PEIOU (Greek). This inscription on a gem in the British Museum has been erroneously read as an Engraver's signature. Murray, Catalogue of Engraved Gems, describes it thus :— "Artemis standing to l., holding with her r. hand the antler of a deer, standing at her further side; a bow in 1. hand; 1. shoulder bare ; drapery clinging to figure as in archaistic style. Inscribed HEIOY; cable border. Paste. Blacas Coll. "This paste, first published by Stosch, has long been celebrated, but the design, th...
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PEIOU (Greek). This inscription on a gem in the British Museum has been erroneously read as an Engraver's signature. Murray, Catalogue of Engraved Gems, describes it thus :— "Artemis standing to l., holding with her r. hand the antler of a deer, standing at her further side; a bow in 1. hand; 1. shoulder bare ; drapery clinging to figure as in archaistic style. Inscribed HEIOY; cable border. Paste. Blacas Coll. "This paste, first published by Stosch, has long been celebrated, but the design, th...
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PELEGUER
PELEGUER (Span.). Medallist of Valencia, of the latter part of the eighteenth century, and first three decades of the nineteenth, whose signature occurs in full on Proclamation Medals of King Charles IV. (1789) for Murcia, Orihuela, Valencia, &c. and also on the following medals: 1784. Prosperity of the Royal House of Spain; obv. Busts of Charles III. and his children Charles and Marie-Louise ; R. a. pasqval . g.pastor, &c. Arms of Valencia; ex.: PELEGVER. ; — Religious Medal, with figure of the...
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PELEGUER (Span.). Medallist of Valencia, of the latter part of the eighteenth century, and first three decades of the nineteenth, whose signature occurs in full on Proclamation Medals of King Charles IV. (1789) for Murcia, Orihuela, Valencia, &c. and also on the following medals: 1784. Prosperity of the Royal House of Spain; obv. Busts of Charles III. and his children Charles and Marie-Louise ; R. a. pasqval . g.pastor, &c. Arms of Valencia; ex.: PELEGVER. ; — Religious Medal, with figure of the...
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PENIN, LUDOVIC
PENIN, LUDOVIC (French). Medallist, born at Lyons, 8. January 1830, son of Marius Penin. He entered the School of Fine Arts at Lyons in 1847, and studied under J. Fabisch. In 1860 he took the direction of his father's die-sinking establishment. In 1864 he was appointed Engraver to H. H. Pius IX. He died on 16. March 1868, at the early age of 38. His best known medals are: Commemorative medal of N.-D. de France at Puy ; — Agricultural, Musical, Religious, &c. Prize medals; — Sociétés de secours d...
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PENIN, LUDOVIC (French). Medallist, born at Lyons, 8. January 1830, son of Marius Penin. He entered the School of Fine Arts at Lyons in 1847, and studied under J. Fabisch. In 1860 he took the direction of his father's die-sinking establishment. In 1864 he was appointed Engraver to H. H. Pius IX. He died on 16. March 1868, at the early age of 38. His best known medals are: Commemorative medal of N.-D. de France at Puy ; — Agricultural, Musical, Religious, &c. Prize medals; — Sociétés de secours d...
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PENIN, MARIUS PONS JEAN BAPTISTE
PENIN, MARIUS PONS JEAN BAPTISTE (French). Medallist, born at Barjols (Var.), 15. August 1807, died there, 9. November 1883. Son of a goldsmith, he developed at an early age artistic taste and ability. He settled in 1828 at Lyons, where he produced a large number of medals and jetons, among which I may mention: Portrait-medal of Ludovic Penin, 1868; — Scientific Congress of Nismes, 1844 ; — Series of Jetons for Industrial Societies; — The Metric system exclusively adopted in France, 1840 ; — Vir...
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PENIN, MARIUS PONS JEAN BAPTISTE (French). Medallist, born at Barjols (Var.), 15. August 1807, died there, 9. November 1883. Son of a goldsmith, he developed at an early age artistic taste and ability. He settled in 1828 at Lyons, where he produced a large number of medals and jetons, among which I may mention: Portrait-medal of Ludovic Penin, 1868; — Scientific Congress of Nismes, 1844 ; — Series of Jetons for Industrial Societies; — The Metric system exclusively adopted in France, 1840 ; — Vir...
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