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Born 1645 • Paris • France
Died 1684 (aged 39) • Paris • France

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Engraving by Pasquier after a design for terrine from Elements d'orfèvrerie by Pierre Germain
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Silver-gilt salver by François-Thomas Germain, 1757; in the Stavros Niarchos Collection
François-Thomas Germain
French silversmith
Figure 167: Sterling silver knife, fork, and spoon, designed by Georg Jensen, Copenhagen, 1916.
Georg Jensen
Danish silversmith
de Lamerie, Paul: loving cup with cover
Paul de Lamerie
English silversmith
Paul Storr
British goldsmith
Silver coffeepot by Hester Bateman, 1773–74; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Hester Bateman
British silversmith
Jacques Caffiéri
French sculptor
Philippe Caffiéri
French sculptor
Thomas Germain
French silversmith
Prouvé, Jean: prefabricated gas station
Jean Prouvé
French engineer
Mantel clock of bronze, chased and gilt by Pierre Gouthière, 1771, after a design by Louis-Simon Boizot; in the Wallace Collection, London.
Pierre Gouthière
French metalworker
Juste-Aurèle Meissonier
French architect and goldsmith
Piero del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Peter Vischer, the Elder
German artist
Eva Zeisel
Hungarian American designer and ceramicist
saltcellar of Francis I
Benvenuto Cellini
Italian artist
Fabergé cigarette box
Peter Carl Fabergé
Russian jeweler
Marianne Brandt
German painter, photographer and designer
Nicholas Hilliard: A Young Man Among Roses
Nicholas Hilliard
English painter
Nicholas of Verdun: Shrine of the Three Kings
Nicholas Of Verdun
Flemish enamelist