 He became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1755, and of the Royal Society in 1757.According to Rogers Ruding, Natter was employed as engraver or assistant-engraver at the English Royal Mint at the beginning of the reign of George III.In the summer of 1762 Natter went to work in St. Petersburg, and died there of asthma, late in the autumn of 1763.