There have been many silversmiths over the course of history, and by far the majority of them are men, We thought it would be fun to tell you a little about some of them
The most famous on almost every list you can Find on google is :
Paul Revere (/rɪˈvɪər/; December 21, 1734 O.S. – May 10, 1818) He was an Innovative American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and well known Patriot in the American Revolution. He is most recognized for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 of the approach of British forces just before the battles of Lexington and Concord. The Poem "Paul Revere's Ride" (1861) is a dramatized version of the events written Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Fun Fact: Jack Black is Paul Reveres Doppelganger:
By the age of 41, Revere was a well established, prosperous, and prominent Boston silversmith. He assisted in helping to organize an intelligence and alarm system in order to keep a watch on the British military. Revere also served as a Massachusetts militia officer. After the war, Revere returned to his passion the silversmith trade. He used his business profits from his expanding business to finance his work to expand beyond silversmithing and into iron casting, bronze bell and cannon casting, along with the forging of copper bolts and spikes. He became the first American, in 1800 to successfully roll copper into sheets to be used for sheathing on naval vessels.
He was known as a forward thinking businessman and his shop was a leader in semi-industrialization. He was also very progressive in his labor standards, he began with apprentices but in time began to hire tradesman as his employees, although this was a big change for many artisans which he understood so he assisted in making the transition easier by offering benefits like flexible work hours, pay rates equal to skills and allowing liquor on the jobsite.
According to wikipedia
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere#Technological_practices
Legacy of Paul Revere
After Revere's death, the family business was taken over by his oldest surviving son, Joseph Warren Revere. The copper works founded in 1801 continues today as the Revere Copper Company, with manufacturing divisions in Rome, New York and New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Revere's original silverware, engravings, and other works are highly regarded today, and can be found on display in museums including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston[110] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.The Revere Bell, presented in 1843 to the Church of St. Andrew in Singapore by his daughter, Mrs. Maria Revere Balestier, wife of American consul Joseph Balestier, is now displayed in the National Museum of Singapore. This is the only bell cast by the Revere foundry that is outside the United States. For a time, it was displayed behind velvet ropes in the foyer of the United States Embassy in Singapore.[112]
The communities of Revere, Massachusetts and Revere, Minnesota bear his name, as do Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts, Revere Avenue in The Bronx, New York City, Paul Revere Road in Arlington, Massachusetts, and Paul Revere Apartments in Seattle.
A 25-cent 1958 U.S. postage stamp in the Liberty Series honors Paul Revere, featuring the portrait by Gilbert Stuart. He also appears on the $5,000 Series EE U.S. Savings Bond.The rock group Paul Revere and the Raiders had considerable popularity from the middle 1960s through the early 1970s. The band's namesake and organist was born Paul Revere Dick, named after Revere.
Paul Revere was much more than a silversmith and he truly left a great Legacy.
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