Fred G. Minuth (1884 – 1966) American Silversmith
2023-07-07
Fred G. Minuth was an American Silversmith. He was professionally active in Chicago.Read More →
Anatomy of a Hallmark 🤔
2023-07-02
A hallmark is a symbol or device struck at an assay office on gold or silver, indicating that article conforms to legal standards of manufacture established by the monarch, local guilds, government etc. Literally, mark applied at Goldsmith’s Hall (London assay office since 1300) but extended to cover e.g. all five stamps found on Victorian silver until 1890: assay office mark specific to each assay office; Read More →
Wiwen Nilsson (1897 – 1974) Swedish Silver Designer
2023-05-19
He was trained in the workshop of his father Anders Nilsson. He studied at the Konigliche Preussische Zeichenakademie, Hanau (Germany), and in the Paris studio of Georg Jensen while at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere and Académie Colarossi.Read More →
Arne Petersen (1922 – 2002) Danish Metalworker
2023-05-16
At the Copenhagen firm C.C. Herman, Petersen learnt silver and goldsmithing methods. He joined the Georg Jensen Solvsmedie in 1948 and worked in the hollow-ware department until 1976. His 1975 Bottle Opener, made of stainless steel soldered with brass, received a lot of attention.
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Keyhole pattern – Dictionary of Silverware
2023-03-26
Keyhole pattern is a type of pierced work found on porringers, typically consisting of four to ten additional holes, with the terminal hole resembling a keyhole. It replaced the geometric pattern of c. 1730.Read More →
Louis Rault (1847 – 1903) French sculptor, engraver and jewellery designer
2023-03-17
Louis Rault (1847 – 1903) was a French Sculptor, engraver, silversmith and jewellery designer.Between 1868 and 1875, Rault worked in the Boucheron workshop on the Place Vendôme in Paris. At the end of the nineteenth century, he set up a workshop where he produced silver and jewellery in the Art Nouveau style.Read More →
Achievement – Heraldic Term – Dictionary of Silverware
2023-03-15
Achievement is a symbol that only belongs to one family, and can be engraved or enamelled to establish provenance and date.Read More →
Julius Olaf Randahl (1880 – 1972) Swedish silversmith
2023-03-12
In 1901, he moved to New York and worked for Tiffany and Gorham Manufacturing. In 1907, he worked at the Kalo Shop in Chicago before opening his own Randahl Shop in Park Ridge, Illinois, in 1911.Read More →
Georg Arthur Jensen silverware designer and manufacturer
2022-09-24
Georg Jensen was a Danish metalworker. He was born in Faavad. He was apprenticed as a goldsmith. cl895-1901, he studied sculpture, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Copenhagen. Read More →
Acanthus – 📖 Dictionary of Silverware
2022-07-25
Regarding silverware, the design can be found on several hollow pieces that are repeatedly employed to create a band around the calyx of the piece. It was a well-known aspect of the RENAISSANCE STYLE, and later of the neo-classical style, the Adam style, and once more the regency style. The leaf, whose form changes over time, can be found as either applied or embossed decoration.Read More →
Helicon Vase symbolises music and poetry
2022-04-20
A Helicon vase is a centrepiece named after Mount Helicon in Greece. It was sacred to the ancient Greek muses. Read More →
Silver and twentieth-century design
2022-01-11
The impact of silver metal technology has driven the development of modern furnishings throughout the 20th century. The transformation of a chair into a sculptural statement, for example. Interior metal objects have not always been at the forefront of modern design within a multi-function. With the emphasis on warmth and comfort in the home, the scope for a wide range of metal products for this domain is not there.Read More →
Gunilla Jung (d. 1939) Finnish silversmith and lighting designer
2022-01-10
Gunilla Jung was a glass and lighting artist and Silversmith. She designed glassware for Karhula (later Iittala) in the 1930s at the Institute of Applied Arts in Helsinki. Maybe best known for her pioneering lighting projects, such as in Helsinki’s Savoy Theatre.
Taito created her first silver designs and, later in the 1930s, others by Viri and Kultaseppät. She worked with Frans Nykänen, who at varying times was a director at both silversmithies.Read More →
Jean Puiforcat (1897 – 1945) French Art Deco Silversmith
2021-12-04
His silver work was based on the geometric series and had smooth surfaces. Pieces were embellished with ivory, onyx, lapis lazuli, and rosewood. He also used gilding.Read More →
Derby Silver Company an American Silversmith
2021-11-29
Derby Silver Company was an American silversmith located in Derby, Connecticut. It was founded in 1873 and specialised in silverplatedRead More →
Robert Welch (1929 – 2000) English designer and silversmith
2021-11-17
He studied painting at the Malvern School of Art under Victor Moody from 1946 to 1947 and 1949 to 1950. Silversmithing at Birmingham College of Art between 1950 and 1952. Between 1952 and 1955, he studied silversmithing at the Royal College of Art in London, mentored by Robert Gooden.Read More →
Carl Hugo Pott (1906 – 1985) – German Metalworker & Silversmith
2021-11-11
Carl Pott studied design and metallurgy at technical school in Solingen and Forschungsinitut unf Profieramt für Edelmetalle, Schwäbisch-Gmünd.Read More →
Omar Ramsden (1873 – 1939) British Silver designer
2021-09-06
He was a leading silverware designer and manufacturer in England. He lived on Fir Street in Walkley, Sheffield, Yorkshire but worked in London for most of his career.Read More →
Kay Fisker (1893 – 1965) Danish architect and furniture designer, silversmith
2021-07-07
Kay Fisker (1893-1965) was a Danish architect and furniture designer, metalworker, and professionally active in Copenhagen.Read More →
Ernst Riegel (1871 – 1939) a German metalsmith
2021-04-14
Ernst Riegel 1871 – 1939) was a metalsmith from Germany. He was active in Munich, Darmstadt, and Cologne after being born in Münnerstadt.Read More →