Silversmith inductees are individuals who make objects from silver and other precious metals, such as jewelry, tableware, religious icons, and trophy awards. The trade is considered a luxury trade. It includes silversmiths who have created prized jewelry items for Royalty and many individuals. Some of these awards and the recipients are displayed in the SilverHallofFame Silversmiths category.
One of the leading English silversmiths in the first half of the 1700s, Paul de Lamerie was renowned for his technical proficiency and innovative designs using bold organic forms. De Lamerie's parents, French Huguenots, probably left France for religious reasons in the 1680s, emigrating to the...