Graham Stewart’s Bequest Blossoms by John Andrew
Many members of the Silver Society may be familiar with Graham Stewart and his work as he exhibited at Goldsmiths’ Fair every year from 1986 through to 2018. He was the Fair’s longest serving exhibitor. At the 2019 Fair, his usual stand was eerily vacant indicting that [Read More]
Jerwood Arts Fund Makers Open Showcases Sheffield’s Silversmiths
Invaluable Tool history, repair and collaboration by Francisca Onumah and Helena Russell is just one of the five makers work displayed as part of the Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open currently on display at Jerwood Space, London. The exhibition is on display until the 9th April 2022 [Read More]
Handling Session Gilbert Collection Gold Boxes at the Victoria & Albert Museum, South Kensington 29 November 2021 by Andrew Patterson
With the further postponement of the Society’s rescheduled visit to Salters’ Hall a month or so earlier, this handling session at the V & A, hosted by Alice Minter, of the Gilbert Collection of gold boxes, was the first such event to go ahead since the emergence [Read More]
The Silver Society Prize for Silversmithing 2021
We are very pleased to announce that the winner is Rebecca Oldfield for her Iris Wall Sconce. The Iris Wall Sconce was Rebecca’s response to the patterns and structures that she found in microscopic images of the iris of the human eye. In her final piece she has combined the [Read More]
ECSG Vist To Koopman Rare Art
On Monday 20th September 2021, a small group of members from the ECSG visited the premises of London silver dealers Koopman Rare Art. Koopman Rare Art is one of the world’s leading dealers specialising in antique silver, gold boxes and objects de vertu. The company was founded [Read More]