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What goldsmiths do is design and produce jewelry out of the precious metal gold (jewelry is a contemporary goldsmith’s primary specialty, but metalworkers who work with gold have traditionally created a range of both utilitarian and decorative items with the metal). To accomplish this, they employ a variety of hammering, turning, spinning, filling, plating and casting techniques. The first goldsmiths emerged during the 5th century B.C. On 1stDibs, shop a diverse assortment of gold jewelry from some of the world's top sellers.
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Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Located in Bath, GB
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Antique Early 1900s British Adam Style Sterling Silver
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Sterling Silver
Oval antique sterling silver gallery tray
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Located in London, GB
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Antique 1890s Victorian Tray Tables
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Rare Antique English Sterling Silver Letter Clip-Hunting, 1911
By Goldsmiths
Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous and rare desk-top letter clip, perfect for the Hunting or Equestrian devotee, the quality exceptional. Ready to dress the finest of desks.
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Vintage 1910s English Sterling Silver
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Antique George V Sterling Silver Tray by Goldsmiths
Silversmiths 1910
By Goldsmiths
Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1910 by Goldsmiths
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Vintage 1910s English Platters and Serveware
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Sterling Silver
Rare 20th Century Mahogany Dressing Table with Electrical Lights
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Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Located in London, GB
A remarkable ladies dressing table made by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. of London for his Highness Nawab Sir Sadiq Mohammed Khan Abbasi the V of Bahawalpur.
Constructed in mahogany in the form of a kneehole desk with a modesty screen, rising from Chippendale style carved bracket feet, the banks of pedestals fitted with lockable faux drawers to the left, concealing a safe, and drawers to the right, fitted with ormolu chased swan neck handles; the lockable and hinged panelled top rising to reveal an adjustable triptych bevelled dressing mirror, with provisions for a pair of scallop shaded electrical lights, and having an enclosed body, fitted with an array of cut-glass unguent bottles, all with silver tops, Hall marked for 1929/30, enamelled with an Art Deco design, and bearing wonderfully detailed portraits of His Highness in regal dress...
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20th Century English Art Deco Desks
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Large and heavy Victorian sterling silver Monteith bowl made in 1900
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Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1900 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., this very attractive, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Bowl, is in the Monteith design, with a shaped rim, and cas...
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Antique Early 1900s English Victorian Decorative Bowls
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