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THE 1820 CATALOGUE OF WILLIAM TASSIE
FOR IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THE 1820 CATALOGUE CLICK HERE.William Tassie (1750-1860) took over the business of his uncle James Tassie (1735-1799) upon the latter’s death in 1799. Most of the work of the Tassies up until about 1800 involved production of impressions of...
Tassie Coin Impressions – A Photographic Collection
As a result of the search for the unique Tassie coin impressions (a combination of the obverse and reverse faces together on one image), quite a few have been found. The intent of this post is to bring the images of all of those impressions (approximately 120)...
The Quin Cabinet and Tassie’s Quin’s
The advent of the Quin Tassie Collection Project by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) has led to my renewed interest in the Dr. Henry Quin – James Tassie relationship, both personal and interest-wise (materials for casting of engraved gems). One...
THE INTERSECTION OF GLYPTICS AND PHILATELY
The study and collection of intaglios and such, and the study and collection of postage stamps and postal history are usually two different, distinct pursuits. Recently, a discovery of sorts brought them together – an intersection of glyptics and philatelics. This...
THE 1816 CATALOGUE OF WILLIAM TASSIE
FOR IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THE 1816 CATALOGUE CLICK HERE.William Tassie (1750-1860) took over the business of his uncle James Tassie (1735-1799) upon the latter’s death in 1799. Most of the work of the Tassies up until about 1800 involved production of impressions of...
Tassie Coin Impressions – Continued
A little over three years ago I wrote about the set of red sulfur coin impressions that I had acquired and what I had discovered. (Click here to go to ORIGINAL POST.) The evidence indicated that they were by Tassie (James and/or William), but more needed to be done to...
Marchant’s 100 Gem Catalogue Update: Putting Faces to Names
In 1792, not too long after his 16 year stint in Rome, Nathaniel Marchant published a catalogue listing 100 impressions of gems he had engraved, which together with a set of the impressions, was made available by subscription. The catalogue listing was by subject or...
Prices Do Not Always go UP
A recent antiquities sale at Christie’s New York Live Auction 21709 ANTIQUITIES LOT 161 was for “A GREEK AMETHYST RINGSTONE WITH A BUST OF A GODDESS” It was interesting for a couple of reasons. First, it has a certain familiarity because it was chosen to be the...
Coin Impressions by Tassie
Are these Tassie coin impressions? I think so. Let me tell you why. (If you would like to skip all the background noise and jump straight to the, what we now call "Tim Medhurst" Tassie coin impressions, CLICK HERE)James (1735-1799) and William (1777-1860) Tassie were...
Two Pounds of Tassies for Shelley
Awhile back the "Inataglio Blog" on our other site, "MyIntaglios.com" had a post entitled, “Tassie, Seals, and Keats” discussing the fondness of the poet Keats for Tassie seals. Recently, we came across a reference to the poet Shelley’s (1792-1822) similar sentiment...
THE 1820 CATALOGUE OF WILLIAM TASSIE
FOR IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THE 1820 CATALOGUE CLICK HERE.William Tassie (1750-1860) took over the business of his uncle James Tassie (1735-1799) upon the latter’s death in 1799. Most of the work of the Tassies up until about 1800 involved production of impressions of...
Tassie Coin Impressions – A Photographic Collection
As a result of the search for the unique Tassie coin impressions (a combination of the obverse and reverse faces together on one image), quite a few have been found. The intent of this post is to bring the images of all of those impressions (approximately 120)...
The Quin Cabinet and Tassie’s Quin’s
The advent of the Quin Tassie Collection Project by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) has led to my renewed interest in the Dr. Henry Quin – James Tassie relationship, both personal and interest-wise (materials for casting of engraved gems). One...
THE INTERSECTION OF GLYPTICS AND PHILATELY
The study and collection of intaglios and such, and the study and collection of postage stamps and postal history are usually two different, distinct pursuits. Recently, a discovery of sorts brought them together – an intersection of glyptics and philatelics. This...
THE 1816 CATALOGUE OF WILLIAM TASSIE
FOR IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THE 1816 CATALOGUE CLICK HERE.William Tassie (1750-1860) took over the business of his uncle James Tassie (1735-1799) upon the latter’s death in 1799. Most of the work of the Tassies up until about 1800 involved production of impressions of...
Tassie Coin Impressions – Continued
A little over three years ago I wrote about the set of red sulfur coin impressions that I had acquired and what I had discovered. (Click here to go to ORIGINAL POST.) The evidence indicated that they were by Tassie (James and/or William), but more needed to be done to...
Marchant’s 100 Gem Catalogue Update: Putting Faces to Names
In 1792, not too long after his 16 year stint in Rome, Nathaniel Marchant published a catalogue listing 100 impressions of gems he had engraved, which together with a set of the impressions, was made available by subscription. The catalogue listing was by subject or...
Prices Do Not Always go UP
A recent antiquities sale at Christie’s New York Live Auction 21709 ANTIQUITIES LOT 161 was for “A GREEK AMETHYST RINGSTONE WITH A BUST OF A GODDESS” It was interesting for a couple of reasons. First, it has a certain familiarity because it was chosen to be the...
Coin Impressions by Tassie
Are these Tassie coin impressions? I think so. Let me tell you why. (If you would like to skip all the background noise and jump straight to the, what we now call "Tim Medhurst" Tassie coin impressions, CLICK HERE)James (1735-1799) and William (1777-1860) Tassie were...
Two Pounds of Tassies for Shelley
Awhile back the "Inataglio Blog" on our other site, "MyIntaglios.com" had a post entitled, “Tassie, Seals, and Keats” discussing the fondness of the poet Keats for Tassie seals. Recently, we came across a reference to the poet Shelley’s (1792-1822) similar sentiment...