Crafts Council launch crisis information hub for craftspeople and small businesses
If you're a craftsperson affected by the national shutdown, the Crafts Council have just launched a useful resource.
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News and Blogs
March 2020
February 2020
15 Goldsmiths scoop awards at this year's Jewellery Oscars
As part of our commitment to supporting craftspeople, we are once again extremely proud to be the founding and leading patron of the 2020 Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council Awards. Find out which Goldsmiths stole the show this year.
Read moreJanuary 2020
Trial of the Pyx 2020 – protecting consumers for over 700 years
Today at Goldsmiths’ Hall, members of the Goldsmiths’ Company have been helping to protect consumers by ensuring coins produced by the Royal Mint are up to standard in what’s known as the Trial of the Pyx, one of the oldest judicial processes in Britain.
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Winner of the Jewellery Cut Live bursary prize announced - supported by the Goldsmiths' Company
This year the Goldsmiths' Company has lent support to The Jewellery Cut Live bursary, which gives the winning jeweller a host of prizes to help their career. Find out who the winner is.
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Crafts Council Makers Survey
Are you a maker? As part of our aim to support jewellers and silversmiths, help us investigate the market for craft in partnership with the Crafts Council.
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New Year’s Honours for Goldsmiths’ Company members
Members of the Goldsmiths' Company are involved in work of national significance, from silversmithing to academia - find out which members have been named in the New Year's Honours list 2020.
Read moreDecember 2019
Local jewellers are more influential than celebrities when it comes to buying jewellery
Local jewellers are more influential than celebrities and the Royal family when it comes to buying jewellery, according to early results from the Jewellery 'Census’, a survey of 2,500 consumers sponsored by the Goldsmiths' Company.
Read moreNovember 2019
New acquisitions from Goldsmiths' Fair 2019 announced
Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of the Goldsmiths' Company Collection introduces the work of six makers acquired from this year's Goldsmiths' Fair.
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Goldsmiths' Company and Goldsmiths' Company Charity infographic
Along with our flagship publication, Goldmiths' Review, this year the Goldsmiths' Company has also released a new Company and Charity infographic.
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Goldsmiths' Fair 2020: save the dates
Following on from a record year, don't forget to save the dates for Goldsmiths' Fair 2020.
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London Assay Office hallmarks first ever solid gold payment card
The Royal Mint has launched the first ever payment card made from solid gold, hallmarked by the London Assay Office.
Read moreSeptember 2019
Goldsmiths’ Fair 2019: The Art of Collecting
The UK’s premier showcase for contemporary jewellery and silver will be opening soon. Week 1: 24-29 September / Week 2: 1-6 October.
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The Goldsmiths’ Company Charity announces new partnership with Islington Giving
How the Goldsmiths' Company Charity is building new relationships that help empower its charity partners
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Goldsmiths’ Awards for Community Engagement
Why we need to celebrate the community programmes that are shaping and educating young people to a life-changing extent.
Read moreJune 2019
Eight schools to compete in the first-ever Goldsmiths’ Company Community Engagement Awards
Out of 40 original entrants, eight finalists have been selected from regional heats in London and Greater Manchester, to compete in the finals at Goldsmiths’ Hall on the 25th June 2019. The awards celebrate the positive impact schools and their students have had in their local communities through charitable and voluntary initiatives. The Goldsmiths' Company Community Engagement Awards was an initiative set up by former Prime Warden Judith Cobham-Lowe OBE.
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Interview with Coin Expert James Morton
Coin specialist James Morton talks about the limited edition set of gold commemorative Queen Elizabeth II Coronation coins from 1953, which are part of The Goldsmiths’ Company’s Collection.
Read moreMay 2019
Dr Timothy Schroder Becomes Prime Warden For A Second Term
The Goldsmiths’ Company is pleased to announce that Dr Timothy Schroder has been elected Prime Warden. Dr Schroder, who previously served in the role during 2015-16, is the first Prime Warden to be appointed for a second term since 1951, when Walter Godfrey Allen served two consecutive years.
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Goldsmiths’ Company Charity Funds Pioneering New Cambridge Research in Precious Metals
The Goldsmiths’ Company Charity awarded the University of Cambridge with £436,000, for the Goldsmiths’ Company programme in precious metals (used for jewellery and silverware) research builds on the University’s strengths in the study of materials. The award includes funding for three new PhD studentships at Cambridge.
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The Goldsmiths’ Company Joins with The Lord Mayor’s Mental Health Awareness Week Appeal
The Goldsmiths’ Company Charity is pleased to partner with The Lord Mayor’s Appeal, to support Mental Health Awareness Week. The annual initiative set up by the Mental Health Foundation and to raise awareness of mental health and to inspire action to promote good mental health for all.
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London Craft Week
Goldsmiths’ Fair and The Goldsmiths’ Centre will be hosting a series of events during London Craft Week (8 May – 12 May).
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March 2019
17 schools compete at the regional finals of the Goldsmiths’ Company Engagement Awards 2019
17 schools competed in the regional finals of the first-ever Goldsmiths’ Company Community Engagement Awards this week, each vying for a place at the national finals in June.
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Dr Frances Parton joins the Goldsmiths’ Company as Deputy Curator
The Goldsmiths Company is pleased to announce that Dr Frances Parton has been appointed as Deputy Curator in the Collections Team and will be joining the Company on 11 March 2019.
Read moreFebruary 2019
Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Awards 2019
The presentation of the annual Awards of the Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Awards took place at the prestigious Goldsmiths’ Hall in London on Monday 25th February 2019.
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Bruno Schroder (1933 – 2019)
Past Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths’ Company, Bruno Schroder, has passed away aged 86.
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Trial of the Pyx 2019 opens at Goldsmiths’ Hall
Over 10,600 Royal Mint coins went on 'trial' in London on Tuesday 29 January in one of Britain's oldest judicial processes – the Trial of the Pyx.
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The Opening of the Trial of the Pyx 2019
The 2019 Trial of the Pyx will take place at Goldsmiths' Hall on 29 January.
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Wendy Ramshaw (1939 - 2018)
Distinguished jeweller, ceramicist, sculptor and Liveryman of the Goldsmiths' Company, Wendy Ramshaw CBE RDI passed away on Sunday 9th December after a long illness.
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'Though The Coin Be Fair': Hallmarking and Language
References to assaying have been absorbed into our language, becoming subject to semantic change and acquiring wider cultural significance.
Read moreNovember 2018
Goldsmiths' Company Apprentices Top the Medals Table at Worldskills UK Live 2018
Three young Goldsmiths’ Company apprentices have excelled in the Fine Jewellery Making category at The Skills Show.
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Silver Christmas Decorations
Some of the UK's leading silversmiths have once again produced Christmas decorations in time to decorate your tree!
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Made For the Table: Patronage and History
The Goldsmiths’ Company’s touring exhibition will be on display at Osterley Park from 5 November. Discover more about the Company's patronage of silver and the continuity of techniques.
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The Goldsmiths' Company and World War One
As we approach the centenary anniversary of Armistice Day, we have looked back through the Company minutes from the period of the First World War.
Read moreOctober 2018
The Lord Mayor's Appeal
The Lord Mayor of London and the Lady Mayoress called at Goldsmiths’ Hall this morning as part of their annual tour of Livery Halls
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Goldsmiths’ Company Funds Cambridge Research in Precious Metals
A gift from the Goldsmiths’ Company Charity to support three new PhD studentships at Cambridge will advance research in precious metals and help develop new technical expertise.
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A Sterling Renaissance: British Silver Design 1957–2018
The largest display of British contemporary silver ever mounted in the USA, A Sterling Renaissance: British Silver Design 1957–2018 presents more than 100 items by thirty-five designer-silversmiths aged from their early 20s to their mid-80s.
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Paul Podolsky (1923 - 2018)
The distinguished jeweller and Liveryman of the Goldsmiths' Company, Paul Podolsky, has passed away aged 95.
Read moreSeptember 2018
Redecorating the Livery Hall
The existing Goldsmiths’ Hall was designed by Philip Hardwick and officially opened in 1835; it is the third Goldsmiths’ Hall on the site. Research and analysis informed proposals that were subsequently executed over two summer recesses by a team of skilled craftsmen and decorators.
Read moreJuly 2018
Young Designer winners announced at Jacobs the Jewellers
Jacobs the Jewellers and the Bishopsland Educational Trust, together with sponsors the Goldsmiths’ Centre and HS Walsh, announced the winners of the fourth year of the annual Young Designer Competition.
Read moreJune 2018
Goldsmiths' Fair 2018
Now in its 36th year, Goldsmiths’ Fair has built a solid reputation as the foremost destination for precious metal fine jewellery and contemporary silver.
Read moreMay 2018
The Goldsmiths' Company Elects a New Prime Warden
Michael Prideaux has been elected as Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company for 2018-19
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The Goldsmiths’ Company Donates £25,000 to the Royal Museums Greenwich
The Goldsmiths’ Company will maintain the gilding on the Cutty Sark’s ‘Gingerbread’.
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V&A: Preserving the Past, Curating the Future
A recording of the lecture given by Dr. Tristram Hunt, Director of the V&A, at Goldsmiths' Hall.
Read moreApril 2018
Baroness Fairhead Opens Grant Macdonald Exhibition
On Tuesday 24 April, Baroness Rona Fairhead, Minister for Trade and Export Promotion attended the Private View for Grant Macdonald International Silversmith and officially opened the exhibition at Goldsmiths’ Hall.
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