Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,859 pages of information and 247,161 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Jean-Pierre Droz

From Graces Guide
Part of 1818 drawing of the six part segmental collier devised by Droz to impress the edges of coins and medals[1]. The segments or 'petals' pivot on the pins 'y'

Jean-Pierre Droz (1746 - 1823) was a coin and medal engraver born in Switzerland and trained in Paris.

He was briefly employed by Matthew Boulton to help to develop specific aspects of the Soho Mint and to engrave dies for minting coins and medals.

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  1. Drawing from Encyclopaedia Britannica, via Wikipedia