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Atsidi Sani (Old Smith in English),the first known Navajo silversmith.


Anders Nevalainen

Anders Juhaninpoika Nevalainen, Russian gold- and silversmith, Fabergé workmaster of Finnish origin.

Big Gold Belt

The Big Gold Belt was first introduced in 1985 to replace the original NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) that had been used since 1973, historically known as the "domed globe." Jim Crockett Jr. of Jim Crockett Promotions commissioned Charles Crumrine, a silversmith in Reno, Nevada that specialized in western belt buckles, to produce it.

Caroline Emily Clark

She was born in Birmingham, the eldest of the family of Francis Clark, a silversmith of Birmingham, and his wife Caroline, a sister of Rowland Hill.

Charles Nicolas Odiot

Charles-Nicolas Odiot (died 1869) was the outstanding French silversmith of his generation; the son of Napoleon's silversmith, Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot, he inherited the direction of the extensive family workshops in 1827, as techniques of factory production were extended in the trade.

Christofle

Artists and designers such as the famous parisian silversmith Antoine Perrin (AP), Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, Gio Ponti, Andrée Putman, Martin Szekely, Ito Morabito (Ora-Ïto) and Richard Hutten are among those whose creations have been made by Christofle.

David Heinz Gumbel

He was born in Sinsheim, Germany to a secular family among the pioneers of the local silversmith industry.

George Guess

Sequoyah (c. 1770–1843), Cherokee silversmith, named in English George Gist or George Guess

John Oakey

He subsequently developed many wet and dry sand and emery papers, and a range of polishing compounds including lead blacking, Wellington Knife Polish, Silversmith's Soap and Plate Powder, and furniture polishes.

Karl Gustaf Hjalmar Armfeldt

Karl Gustaf Hjalmar Armfeldt was a silversmith and Fabergé workmaster.

Maurice Ascalon

He gained a reputation as a master silversmith, creating for synagogues magnificent Torah crowns and other l objects of Jewish ceremonial art that he first learned of in his youth.

Musée Nissim de Camondo

Table setting are of particular interest, especially the Orloff silver dinner service commissioned by Catherine II of Russia from silversmith Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers in 1770, and the Buffon porcelain services made at Sèvres in the 1780s with a bird theme.

Pataudi Trophy

The trophy was designed and made by London Silversmith Jocelyn Burton in her studio in Holborn.

Racine Art Museum

The collection includes artists Robert Ebendorf, Arline Fisch, Eleanor Moty, Earl Pardon, Susan Kingsley, Ken Loeber, Albert Paley, Kevin O'Dwyer, Fred Fenster and Chunghi Choo.

Sheffield Assay Office

In 1773, Sheffield's silversmiths joined with those of Birmingham to petition Parliament for the establishment of Assay Offices in their respective cities.

Society of American Silversmiths

Its Artisan members, those silversmiths who have been juried into the Society based on their outstanding technical skill, are provided with support, networking, and greater access to the market.

Vannini

Pietro Vannini (1413/1414–1495/1496), Italian artist and silversmith


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