| Hogarth started an apprenticeship as a silversmith in 1714, but never finished it. |
| Navajo silversmithing dates from 1853, when a Mexican silversmith arrived at Fort Defiance in what is now Arizona. |
| Rubber corrodes silver, and it can become so deeply etched that only a silversmith can repair the damage. |
| Foster trained as a silversmith and has an established reputation both as a designer and metalworker. |
| In the nineteenth century, Joseph Mayer was one of Liverpool's most prominent citizens as well as a respected silversmith. |
| In olden days, crooks used to shave or clip the edges of coins and then sell the shavings to a disreputable goldsmith or silversmith. |
