Alice Sheene was an English

silversmith A silversmith is a metalworker who crafts objects from silver. The terms ''silversmith'' and ''goldsmith'' are not exactly synonyms as the techniques, training, history, and guilds are or were largely the same but the end product may vary gre ...

. Sheene was married to the

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Joseph Sheene until his death; she registered her own mark on 29 April 1700. She, too, was classified as a largeworker, with an address of Ball Alley, Lombard Street,

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. She remained active until around 1715. A set of three

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s by Sheene, dated 1701/2, is currently in the collection of the

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. A Queen Anne tankard with cover, dated 1706, is owned by the

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. A tazza of uncertain date, but likely from around 1714, is held by the

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. A variety of other items bearing her mark have also been recorded.

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