Silversmithing
Returning to Sheffield, Mellor set up a silversmithing workshop-studio making one-off pieces of specially commissioned silverware. He was at the centre of the renaissance of handmade silver in Britain in the 1960s, designing for new universities and churches as well as for private clients. His most important work in silver was a complete new collection of modern silver tableware commissioned by the government for British embassies in a drive to give Britain a more forward-looking image.
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