The Goldsmiths’ Company supports Team Domenica
The recently registered charity Team Domenica provides opportunities for the learning disabled.
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News
September 2016
Plague, Fire and the Goldsmiths’ Company
This September marks 350 years since the City of London was engulfed by the Great Fire.
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New addition to the Library
The Goldsmiths’ Company is delighted to announce a new addition to its Library holdings: a 17th century goldsmith’s ledger previously held in a private collection.
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London Youth Awarded a Grant
The Goldsmith’s Company Charity is delighted to award London Youth a grant.
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City of London Sheriffs visit Goldsmiths' Hall
Two Sheriffs of the City of London called at Goldsmiths’ Hall as part of their annual fundraising.
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The Bridges Grant
The Goldsmiths’ Company Wardens are delighted to support RAPt (the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust)
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Studio Internship Graduate Award
The Goldsmiths’ Company are delighted to launch the Studio Internship Graduate Award to train the next generation of artist silversmiths.
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Young Designer Competition
Jacobs the Jewellers, the Bishopsland Educational Trust, together with sponsors the Goldsmiths’ Company and HS Walsh, announced the Young Designer exhibition competition winners on Monday 27 June.
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Apprentice Benjamin Pritchard receives award from HRH The Princess Royal
Earlier this month, HRH The Princess Royal officially presented the latest Goldsmiths’ Company Members’ Charitable Fund Young Apprentice of the Year Award.
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New Prime Warden
The Annual Prime Warden's Changeover Service on 18 May marked the inauguration of Michael Wainwright as the new Prime Warden
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A Woman Goldsmith?
Eliza Godfrey’s workshop produced high-quality silver and although women were apprenticed through the Goldsmiths’ Company over the centuries, until recent times it was a relatively small number, and most were not practising goldsmiths.
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Goldsmiths' Fair 2016 Exhibitors Announced
The full list of exhibitors selected for Goldsmiths’ Fair 2016 have been announced! 150 of almost 400 candidates have been selected for the 34th Goldsmiths’ Fair to be held from 27 September to 9 October.
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The 2016 Goldsmiths Craft and Design Council Awards
The winners of the 2016 Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council Awards – the ‘Oscars’ of precious metalworking in Britain – were announced at Goldsmiths’ Hall last night.
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A New Generation of Apprentices
The Library staff have been helping a new generation of apprentices to hone their skills, providing some targeted research sessions in partnership with the Goldsmiths’ Centre.
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Trial of the Pyx Opened at Goldsmiths’ Hall
The historic Trial of the Pyx opened at Goldsmiths’ Hall in the City of London on 2 February. The Trial has tested the nation’s coinage since the thirteenth century.
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Sir David Reddaway Appointed New Clerk of the Goldsmiths’ Company
The Goldsmiths’ Company is delighted to announce the appointment of Sir David Reddaway as the new Clerk as of 15 January 2016. He succeeds Dick Melly, who after nearly 11 successful years at the helm of the Company, is now retiring.
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Company's Minute Books help the Oxford English Dictionary
Researchers for the Oxford English Dictionary recently received assistance from library staff on the history of the usage of the word 'custom'.
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The Assay Office Opens a Facility at Graff Diamonds
The Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office is delighted to announce the opening of its first hallmarking facility located within a retail jeweller. Opened at the beginning of November 2015, the in-house assay office is located within a purpose built facility at Graff’s London workshop and has its own dedicated member of the Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office.
Read moreNovember 2015
Undivided Loves Grant
The Goldsmiths’ Company, one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of the City of London, has provided a £3,000 grant to Leeds-based Phoenix Dance Theatre to help fund Undivided Loves. The new dance piece, which commemorates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, is part of Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Triple Bill 2016 tour.
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Fakes and Forgeries Seminar
Fakes and Forgeries Seminar Date: Wednesday 18 November 2015 Time: 10am-4pm Cost: £65, £60 National Museums Scotland members and concessions
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Rod Kelly’s Agincourt Dish Hallmarked
“Before it was a dish, now [it’s hallmarked] it’s a silver dish!”, remarked leading UK silversmith Rod Kelly. His splendid Agincourt Dish has been hallmarked by the Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office in London earlier this month.
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