Wiener & Bianchi Cathedral Medals

Knell

Latest acquisition of Wieners & Bianchi Medals

Architect Charles Marcellis

My 2nd Palais De L'Industrie (I am willing to sell in the near future)

I have St.Paul, Lincoln and now Winchester, still need to hunt for York & Westminster Abbey (3 out of 5 of Wiener's London)

Not a good quality of St.Sophia Cathedral but I am happy to have it in my collection

and finally Pope Pius IX by Bianchi?

Thanks for looking and/or comments....

ricko

Beautiful medals.... These have always intrigued me... the detail and depth are amazing. Cheers, RickO

DCW

Wiener's work was so realistic. Like you could just walk right into the medal itself

Stork

I love the Pope Pius. I had one once and sold it. Regretted that sale.

numismagram

Nice pieces! I love the various Wiener architectural series, and especially the depth on the Marcellis reverse. Here are some new stock additions that I've been photographing this weekend...

Hemispherical

I like the “depth” effect of these medals.

Knell

@numisma gram
So I checked your website, interested in Westminster Abbey but not listed yet. I bought my Burgos Cathedral from your site but haven't posted here yet and happy with my purchased. Thanks.

Knell

@numismagram
Message above is for you. Thanks. Sorry @numisma didn't know there are a few user that starts with numis.....

johnny9434

All are real nice

Johnphillips

I personally collect Washington quarters and varieties, but had the good fortune to view a PCGS slabbed Weiner medal in hand at the recent Legends/PCGS event in New Orleans. Despite these great photographs, they do the medals no justice. The detail and depth of the engraving is breath taking. You just feel you could walk down the corridor of these engravings. These are phenomenal medals to behold and I might suggest viewing the Benjamin Weiss collection on line. I don't comment often, but could not resist when I saw Weiner's name listed.

csanotes

For a good number of years I have wanted a Wiener medal simply because it seems as if you could walk thru the medal. Today I had a chance to see 6 different ones at a show—3 each from 2 dealers. After a good bit admiring them all, I convinced myself that a purchase was fine and I have earned it. I narrowed it down to one that depicts the York Cathedral. Graded SP65 by PCGS.

numismagram

Hi @Knell, the three that I posted above will be going on my site on 3 September. All 20 items will be Wieners or other architectural-themed medals, so lots of intricate engraving.

koynekwest

I will be purchasing one, possibly from numismagram, in the not too distant future.

ZoidMeister

Thought I would resurrect this old thread by adding a non-architectural medal by Leopold Wiener.

Most of you who know Leopold Wiener know him for his architectural and cathedral medal work. He, along with Bianchi, were masters of their craft.

I recently ran across a Leopold Wiener medal however that is not architectural in nature. It is a large medal commemorating a Dutch Art Festival in 1861.

It hasn't arrived yet, it's inbound from Europe.

I was awe struck with the design of this one. Talk about HIGH RELIEF . . . . ! I'll get an angled view of it when it arrives. It measures 60mm in diameter. No idea how much it weighs.

I am totally excited to have won this one. It's whimsical detail is amazing. I wish I knew to whom it was given / made for and why it was crafted.

If you ask me, Wiener's architectural medals pale in comparison to this. Here is where Leopold's vision and imagination shine.

Description per the seller. Enjoy!

1861 Belgian Art Festival Angel / Muse / Bull / Welcome Bronze Medal by Leopold Wiener

The motto above the bull reads, "Antwerp's Art Festival."

Around the bull reads, "WT Jonsten gathers"

Below is, "18,19,20 Harvest 1861"

I'm thinking that "harvest" might also be translated as "August" which would date the event.

"August

August, of course, is traditionally the beginning of the 'oogst' and the harvest months. The original medieval Dutch name of August was not 'augustus' but 'arenmaent' which means 'harvest month."

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Knell

@ZoidMeister
I think I saw this medal listed on eBay if I'm not mistaken (seller was cor_de_mar) (I bought from that seller back in April 2018 and received the item in less than 2 weeks without any problem). I was going to bid on this but I had to double check if I already have that medal and it turned out I already have this, bought it because I really like the design and also it was Leopold Wiener's creation.
I'll share a picture later.
Thanks.

Knell

@ZoidMeister
Here's my copy

ZoidMeister

@Knell said:
@ZoidMeister
I think I saw this medal listed on eBay if I'm not mistaken (seller was cor_de_mar) (I bought from that seller back in April 2018 and received the item in less than 2 weeks without any problem). I was going to bid on this but I had to double check if I already have that medal and it turned out I already have this, bought it because I really like the design and also it was Leopold Wiener's creation.
I'll share a picture later.
Thanks.

Yup, one and the same. I'm very glad you already had a copy. I got this, if memory serves me correctly, for the opening bid. I wouldn't have been able to chase it far.

Your two weeks delivery from France must have been pre-covid. I ordered a couple of medals from a guy in Nevada on October 23rd. He shipped the next day. I still haven't seen the package. It went from Nevada to Arizona to Pennsylvania to New York to South Carolina so far . . .

I live in Atlanta.

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ZoidMeister

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Here is another non-architectural Wiener medal that I was fortunate to acquire.

Z