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saltcellar of Francis I
Benvenuto Cellini
Italian artist
Eva Zeisel
Hungarian American designer and ceramicist
Fabergé cigarette box
Peter Carl Fabergé
Russian jeweler
Marianne Brandt
German painter, photographer and designer
Nicholas Hilliard: A Young Man Among Roses
Nicholas Hilliard
English painter
Figure 167: Sterling silver knife, fork, and spoon, designed by Georg Jensen, Copenhagen, 1916.
Georg Jensen
Danish silversmith
Nicholas of Verdun: Shrine of the Three Kings
Nicholas Of Verdun
Flemish enamelist
Prouvé, Jean: prefabricated gas station
Jean Prouvé
French engineer
de Lamerie, Paul: loving cup with cover
Paul de Lamerie
English silversmith
González, Julio: Head of Montserrat Screaming
Julio González
Spanish sculptor
Maso Finiguerra
Italian artist
Mantel clock of bronze, chased and gilt by Pierre Gouthière, 1771, after a design by Louis-Simon Boizot; in the Wallace Collection, London.
Pierre Gouthière
French metalworker
Silver coffeepot by Hester Bateman, 1773–74; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Hester Bateman
British silversmith
Paul Storr
British goldsmith
Theophilus
German writer and artist
Engraving by Pasquier after a design for terrine from Elements d'orfèvrerie by Pierre Germain
Pierre Germain
French silversmith
Urs Graf
Swiss artist
Juste-Aurèle Meissonier
French architect and goldsmith
Silver-gilt salver by François-Thomas Germain, 1757; in the Stavros Niarchos Collection
François-Thomas Germain
French silversmith
Master E.S.
German engraver