Goldsmith

Goldsmith

A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Historically goldsmiths have also made silverware, platters, goblets, decorative and serviceable utensils, and ceremonial or religious items, but the rising prices of precious metals have curtailed the making of such items to a large degree.

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Famous quotes containing the word goldsmith:

    I love everything that’s old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines; and, I believe, Dorothy, you’ll own I have been pretty fond of an old wife.
    —Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)

    In all the silent manliness of grief.
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    When Methodist preachers come down
    A-preaching that drinking is sinful,
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    They always preach best with a skinful.
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