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Silversmiths who kept greatness in the family

January 30th, 2007 · No Comments

by Christopher Proudlove©
Fortunately for my bank manager, I don’t collect silver. If I did, the chance of finding - let alone affording - something made by Paul de Lamerie (1688-1751) is remote. One of the most celebrated and arguably greatest of all English gold and silversmiths, De Lamerie was a leading exponent of rococo [...]

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