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Born 1645 • Paris • France
Died 1684 (aged 39) • Paris • France

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Engraving by Pasquier after a design for terrine from Elements d'orfèvrerie by Pierre Germain
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Silver-gilt salver by François-Thomas Germain, 1757; in the Stavros Niarchos Collection
François-Thomas Germain
French silversmith
Figure 167: Sterling silver knife, fork, and spoon, designed by Georg Jensen, Copenhagen, 1916.
Georg Jensen
Danish silversmith
de Lamerie, Paul: loving cup with cover
Paul de Lamerie
Dutch-born English silversmith
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Paul Storr
British goldsmith
Silver coffeepot by Hester Bateman, 1773–74; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Hester Bateman
British silversmith
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Philippe Caffiéri
French sculptor
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Jacques Caffiéri
French sculptor
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Thomas Germain
French silversmith
Prouvé, Jean: prefabricated gas station
Jean Prouvé
French engineer
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
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Juste-Aurèle Meissonier
French architect and goldsmith
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Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
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Piero del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
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Peter Vischer, the Elder
German artist
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Eva Zeisel
Hungarian American designer and ceramicist
saltcellar of Francis I
Benvenuto Cellini
Italian artist
Fabergé cigarette box
Peter Carl Fabergé
Russian jeweler
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Marianne Brandt
German painter, photographer and designer
Nicholas Hilliard: A Young Man Among Roses
Nicholas Hilliard
English painter
Nicholas of Verdun: Shrine of the Three Kings
Nicholas Of Verdun
Flemish enamelist