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GRANT MACDONALD


GEORGE GRANT MACDONALD was born in London in 1947. Aged 14 he went to the small jewellery workshop of one of his father's patients and ended up making a small silver spoon and he was hooked. He studied at the Central School and Sir John Cass College until 1969 and then set up a small workshop with Paul Podolsky in Albion Street which gradually expanded. It was here in the early 1970's that he pioneered a process of electro-texturing, a method of electroplating under controlled conditions to produce various types of texture and nodulant surfaces, relating to the form of the underlying metal. As a production decoration it could be used on a wide variety of silver items, from cufflinks to goblets, keeping trade costs attractive to retailers. In 1976 he took over Gerald Benney's Bear Lane workshops when Benney moved out to Berkshire. To keep his large workforce going he first relied on the American market but in 1979 Macdonald received an enquiry from a palace in the Middle East which opened up a whole new market for him. The Gulf States would then become the backbone of his business, making luxurious royal gifts in gold and silver using traditional patterns of a particular country on new designs. By now his Southwark studio workshop had 20 employees combing traditional crafts with new industrial skills. Grant Macdonald had an exhibition in the Silver Gallery at the V & A in 1997 and was elected a member of the Court of Assistants of the Goldsmith's Company in 2000, and made Prime Warden in 2008. In 1998 he completed a one and a half ton, eighteen foot high Cross and Orb to go on top of the rebuilt Dresden Cathedral. He opened a shop in Dubai and his collection for Aston Martin could be found in Harrods. In 2016 Grant became a Royal Warrant holder for HRH Prince of Wales. His work is also found at 10 Downing Street, Lichfield Cathedral and over 20 City Livery Companies.  

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GRANT MACDONALD MERCER'S COMPANY SILVER JUBILEE DISH

GRANT MACDONALD MERCER'S COMPANY SILVER JUBILEE DISH

London 1977 - Silver Jubilee Hallmark

Fully Hallmarked Silver
Britannia Standard (958)

Diameter 12.6 cm

Engraved under rim: THE GIFT OF THE MERCER'S COMPANY QUEEN ELIZABETH II JUBILEE 1977

2 available
£ 295.00
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GRANT MACDONALD Silver BEAKER

GRANT MACDONALD Silver BEAKER

London 1975

Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)

Height: 10 cm
Diameter: 6 cm

2 available
£ 450.00
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GRANT MACDONALD Silver CADDY SPOON

GRANT MACDONALD Silver CADDY SPOON

London 2019
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)

Length: 10cm 

Limited Edition of 10 designed and made exclusively for Styles Silver - Certificate signed by Grant Macdonald 

Available in Silver or Silver with gilded handle 
All Silver  £250
Silver and gilded handle £295
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£ 295.00
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GRANT MACDONALD Silver CADDY SPOON

GRANT MACDONALD Silver CADDY SPOON

London 1973

Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)

Length: 12 cm
Weight: 63g
£ 275.00
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GRANT MACDONALD Silver GOBLET

GRANT MACDONALD Silver GOBLET

London 1972

Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)

Height: 13.5 cm

Textured electroformed stem - 3 available - 1 1972 & 2 1977
£ 350.00
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x GRANT MACDONALD BOOK

x GRANT MACDONALD BOOK

'International Silversmith' - Hardback book published 2018 

221 pages well illustrated - Signed by Grant Macdonald

This only posts within the UK

£ 20.00
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x GRANT MACDONALD Silver LETTER OPENER

x GRANT MACDONALD Silver LETTER OPENER

London 
Fully Hallmarked Silver 
Sterling (925)

Length: 22 cm

In Original Box
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y LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL SILVER COMMISSION CATALOGUE

y LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL SILVER COMMISSION CATALOGUE

48 page book dealing with all aspects of the 1991  Commission of Silver for Lichfield Cathedral

All pieces illustrated and detailed

26 cm x 21 cm 

If you haven't been to see this wonderful collection in the Cathedral Treasury then you should go

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