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Definition of Silver-worker
1. Noun. Someone who makes or repairs articles of silver.
Generic synonyms: Jeweler, Jeweller, Jewelry Maker
Specialized synonyms: Paul Revere, Revere
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silver-worker
Literary usage of Silver-worker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Goldsmith's Handbook, Containing Full Instructions for the Alloying and by George Edward Gee (1892)
"Should be upon the shelf of every silver-worker."— Birmingham Post, "The book
well written by one who knows what he treating of. ..."
2. Annals of British Legislation: Being a Classified and Analysed Summary of edited by Leone Levi (1857)
"... Birmingham; George Richard Elkington, silver wares dealer; John Thomason,
silver worker, Birmingham; Henry Edmund Watson, Clerk of Guardians, Sheffield; ..."
3. Journal of the East India Association by East India Association (London, England) (1881)
"... protectively in favour of the British silver-worker, because the import duty
is levied pan passu with an Excise duty of the same amount. (Hear, hear. ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... exquisite piece does not belong to the best period of Greek art is the very
salient relief of the figure, whereas in earlier times the silver-worker ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... whereas in earlier times the silver-worker was content with a more moderate
amount of relief, and thus decorated the surface of his vessel without ..."
6. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1887)
"... in this restricted space and tend to give life and symmetry to the whole
composition points to a silver- worker of no ordinary artistic capacity. ..."
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