Auction on 18 August 2025. Gibson’s, Australia Viewing 14,15,16 August John Batt, a long-standing member of the Silver Society (based in Australia) and an avid collector of British and American silver, maintained extensive correspondence with fellow members over many years on hallmark identification, provenance, and rarity. Due to ill health, his entire collection is being auctioned by Gibson’s in Melbourne later this month. Click Here to View Auction Details

£35.00 Click here to buy now. ELLENOR ALCORN AND WOLF BURCHARD The Dashwood Tea Chest by Paul de Lamerie 5 DORA THORNTON The Story of an Anonymous Gift to the Goldsmiths’ Company Collection 12 PETER KAELLGREN George Manjoy, Specialist Toy Maker 16 STEPHANIE SOUROUJON Silver Yads from the Barr Collection 22 DAVID STOKES What’s in a name? The Legacy of the Goldsmith Richard Crossley 25 DORA THORNTON The Coronation Cup 31 WYNYARD WILKINSON Oomersi Mawhi of Cutch: the Pheonix Bowl 34 ANDREW RENTON Yusuke Yamamoto, Dappled Garden Dish: a New Acquisition by Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales 38 PIERS PERCIVAL A Review of Sixteenth-Century London Goldsmiths’ Marks 47 DORA THORNTON A Goblet of 1493-94 and its Influence on Designer Silversmiths 52 JULIAN SINGER Three Eighteenth-Century Glasgow Goldsmiths 61 TIMOTHY SCHRODER Early Display Silver in Portugal 73 LESLIE SOUTHWICK London Silver-Mounted Flintlock Pistols of the late Eighteenth and early Nineteenth Centuries 82 PETER KAELLGREN Collector Profile: Margaret Guinlock (1901–1991) 91 THE SILVER SOCIETY PRIZE FOR [Read More]

Are you interested in English country houses? Their owners, their silver, furniture, porcelain, libraries and gardens? And are you free to attend a 16 day residential course (28 June – 13 July), travelling across England with like-minded professionals from around the world? Then The Attingham Summer School needs you! And the Silver Society is delighted to announce a fully-funded scholarship for the 2025 Summer School, made possible by the generous bequest of scholar and collector Timothy Arthur Kent. The scholarship will cover the full residential course fee (however the successful candidate must cover their own transport costs to/from the start point). Applications are open to members and non-members of the Silver Society alike - so please do pass this along to any interested parties. Scholarship Eligibility Criteria: Applicants must be resident in the UK but can be of any nationality. Applicants must be professionally or academically involved in the world of silver. Applications must be made through the Attingham Trust website by 31st January [Read More]

We're a charity based in the Scottish Borders that hosts the Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop, a fully-equipped silversmithing workshop which houses tools, machinery and books by the late Master silversmith Graham Stewart. The workshop supports three early career silversmiths to launch their businesses over a two-year tenancy, with guidance from an experienced mentor. The workshop also provides shorter residencies for British and international silversmiths to develop new work and participate in cultural exchange. If you would like to apply click on the link to their website https://www.hugoburgefoundation.org/residencies/experienced-silversmithing-residency https://www.hugoburgefoundation.org/residencies/emerging-silversmith-residency---march-2025