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Definition of Gold-worker
1. Noun. An artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold.
Generic synonyms: Jeweler, Jeweller, Jewelry Maker
Specialized synonyms: Faberge, Peter Carl Faberge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gold-worker
Literary usage of Gold-worker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Manufacturing Industries by George Phillips Bevan, Bevan, George Phillips, 1829?-1889 (1876)
"The gold worker also calls to his aid the lathe with its manifold ... The blow-pipe,
it is scarcely necessary to add, the gold worker has ever near at hand, ..."
2. The Goldsmith's Handbook, Containing Full Instructions for the Alloying and by George Edward Gee (1892)
"The work destined to take up as good a position technical literature as the '
Practical gold-worker,' a book which has passed through the ordeal of critical ..."
3. Potter's American Monthly (1878)
"The goldsmith or gold worker ranks among the earliest of artisans who brought to
... To the gold-worker, and to an accident, the engraver owes his art. ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... gold-worker, sculptor, remarkable not only foi also for his checkered lif<
year 1500, and first disj gold-worker. His auto curious and interesting ..."
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