Silver Studies, the Journal of the Silver Society, No 39 (2023) Out Now!
£35.00 Click here to buy now. No 39 -2023 BRUCE JONES The de Lamerie Family Finances Explained EMMA BASHFORTH, WELDA LAJEAN CHAFFIN and JESSICA COLLINS Female Apprentices, Freewomen and Mistresses of the Goldsmiths’ Company 1578-1800 WILLIAM IRVINE FORTESCUE The Ledgers of John Rollo, Edinburgh Goldsmith [Read More]
Entries Now Open for the Silver Society Prize 2024!
The Silver Society is pleased to announce the launch of its annual Prize for 2024! The Prize of £1,000 will be awarded to a silversmith who is in the first five years of their career as a practising silversmith. The competition will be conducted virtually and submissions [Read More]
The Goldsmiths’ Company Library Catalogue is now online!
The Goldsmiths' Company has recently launched an online library catalogue for The Goldsmiths’ Company Library. The Library’s holdings include many resources on silver and silversmithing from ancient times to the present day, as well as a wide selection of books on hallmarking and jewellery. The catalogue link [Read More]
New website launched
The Silver Society has been working on a new website since the middle of last year and we are delighted to have now launched it from February. We hope you like it. Do please contact us if you have any comments or suggestions. The intention is that [Read More]
Silver Society Visit To Mount Stuart, Isle Of Bute
6 October 2022 Despite complications caused by rail strikes, a small group made it to Mount Stuart, the extraordinary house designed for the 3rd Marquess of Bute by Robert Rowand Anderson, the interiors of which were in fact never completed after the death of the Marquess. [Read More]
Visit to the silver collection of the a London Company – 24 October 2022
The visit was attended by seventeen members. On arrival at the Hall we were greeted by the Beadle, who gave us an introduction to the history of the Company and some of its treasures. Following the Civil War and the Fire of London which destroyed the first [Read More]