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Gilbert Marks
Gilbert Leigh Marks (1 April 1861 – 5 February 1905) was an English silversmith, who worked in the Arts and Crafts movement, Arts and Crafts style, during a career of little over ten years. Early life Marks was born on 1 April 1861 in Croydon, Surrey (now London), the son of John G. Marks. His family included a number of successful artists, including Henry Stacy Marks (1829–1898) and Frederick Walker (painter), Frederick Walker (1840–1875), both uncles, and William Walker (engraver), William Walker, his great-grandfather. His grandfather was the jeweller W. H. Walker. His early career included roles as a clerk (not, as might be expected, as an apprentice silversmith) to a firm of silversmiths, rising to be a manager at a wool merchants, Masurel & Fils (still extant, as Segard Masurel). In 1888, while still at Masurel & Fils, he married Florence Elizabeth Ford. Career Marks gave his first solo exhibition in 1895, at the jewellers Johnson, Walker & Tolhur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silversmith
A silversmith is a metalworker who crafts objects from silver. The terms ''silversmith'' and ''goldsmith'' are not exact synonyms, as the techniques, training, history, and guilds are (or were, at least) largely the same but differed in that the end product may vary greatly (as may the scale of objects created). History In the ancient Near East (as holds true today), the value of silver was lower than the value of gold, allowing a silversmith to produce objects and store them as stock. Historian Jack Ogden states that, according to an edict written by Diocletian in 301 A.D., a silversmith was able to charge 75, 100, 150, 200, 250, or 300 '' denarii'' per Roman pound for material produce. At that time, guilds of silversmiths formed to arbitrate disputes, protect its members' welfare, and educate the public of the trade. Silversmiths in medieval Europe and England formed guilds and transmitted their tools and techniques to new generations via the apprentice tradition. Silverwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
