Acquisitions for the Goldsmiths’ Company Collection 2024
The gifts, commissions and purchases outlined in this report broaden and extend the story of remarkable contemporary jewellery, silver and medals in the Goldsmiths’ Company Collection, and honour our ongoing commitment to supporting the trade and craft.
The Goldsmiths' Company supports excellence, craftsmanship and skill. Its continuing commitment as a cultural institution working in a living tradition of goldsmiths' work is demonstrated in its publications and through its acquisitions for the Company Collection. This report documents one year's gifts, commissions and purchases.
We aim to inspire. Through our objects we tell stories about people: their artistic and technical achievements, their innovative use of new materials and technologies in combination with traditional hand skills, and their connections with our trade and with the Company. Human stories link objects and individuals across centuries and cultures as we build a legacy for the future.
The Collection is central to our identity. We research it, teach with it, display it, and lend it. The silver is used, and the jewellery is worn within Goldsmiths' Hall, as an expression of who we are and what we do. To celebrate our 700th anniversary in 2027, we plan to share the Collection online to raise awareness and patronage of our craft and the value of creativity and making, now and in the future.
Dr Dora Thornton, Head Curator & Dr Frances Parton, Deputy Curator
Download the 2024 Goldsmiths’ Company Collection New Acquisitions Report [15Mb PDF]