<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:rssdatehelper="urn:rssdatehelper"><channel><title>Goldsmiths RSS</title><link>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local</link><pubDate></pubDate><generator>umbraco</generator><description>Goldsmiths RSS Feed</description><language>en</language><item><title>Luncheon Clubs 2012</title><link>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/members/news/luncheon-clubs-2012</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/members/news/luncheon-clubs-2012</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Once again the Company will be opening the Hall to its members to allow them to bring up to three guests to lunch in the magnificent setting of the Livery Hall. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Freemen 15 February 2012</title><link>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/members/news/new-freemen-15-february-2012</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/members/news/new-freemen-15-february-2012</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Goldmsiths' Company welcomed 16 new freemen yesterday at a Ceremony held in the Court Room of Goldsmiths' Hall.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>1933 Double Eagle on view at Goldsmiths' Hall</title><link>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/news/1933-double-eagle-on-view-at-goldsmiths'-hall</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/news/1933-double-eagle-on-view-at-goldsmiths'-hall</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The 1933 Double Eagle is a legend in coin collecting terms.  It is possibly the most valuable ounce of gold in the world, inspiring the passions of kings, presidents, collectors, and thieves. In 2002, a 1933 Double Eagle sold for 7.6 million dollars, making it the most expensive gold coin in the world to come to auction up to that time. The actual coin going on display in London has never come to auction and is one of a handful of 1933 Double Eagles known in the world.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Trial of the Pyx</title><link>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/members/news/trial-of-the-pyx</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/members/news/trial-of-the-pyx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Trial of the Pyx dates back to the C12th. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Researching Gold</title><link>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/collections-library/library/news/researching-gold</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/collections-library/library/news/researching-gold</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The library staff have been engaged in writing, with Tony Dove, a section on gold hallmarking for the book edited by Dr Helen Clifford which will accompany the summer exhibition 'Gold: Power and Allure'.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Royal Mint and the Olympics</title><link>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/members/news/royal-mint-and-the-olympics</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/members/news/royal-mint-and-the-olympics</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Hallmarking Information Seminar - Goldsmiths' Hall, 13 April 2012</title><link>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/assay-office/news/hallmarking-information-seminar---goldsmiths'-hall,-13-april-2012</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/assay-office/news/hallmarking-information-seminar---goldsmiths'-hall,-13-april-2012</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE.  
Get up-to-date with the latest hallmarking legislation or introduce new staff to the world of hallmarking.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ChurchSilver</title><link>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/exhibitions-promotions/who's-who-in-gold-silver/news/churchsilver</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/exhibitions-promotions/who's-who-in-gold-silver/news/churchsilver</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Church and other religious institutions have for thousands of years provided goldsmiths and silversmiths with employment or inspiration and little has changed in the 21st century.
 
Over recent months a number of the silversmiths who subscribe to Who’s Who in Gold and Silver have been busy designing and making pieces for churches around the country. Scottish silversmith Graham Stewart was commissioned to make a magnificent ecclesiastical mace to commemorate and celebrate the silver jubilee of Scotland's most senior Catholic clergyman, his Eminence Keith Patrick Cardinal O'Brien as Archibishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Goldsmith Jacqueline Mina awarded an OBE</title><link>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/news/goldsmith-jacqueline-mina-awarded-an-obe</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/news/goldsmith-jacqueline-mina-awarded-an-obe</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Jacqueline Mina who has long enjoyed a reputation for her technical brilliance and unorthodox approach to traditional goldsmithing techniques, resulting in sensuous and understated jewellery, has been awarded an OBE in recognition of her services to art.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Gold: Power and Allure</title><link>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/news/gold-power-and-allure</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk.local/news/gold-power-and-allure</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ “Gold: Power and Allure” is the most comprehensive and ambitious exhibition ever staged at Goldsmiths’ Hall.  It powerfully tells the rich and previously untold story of Britain and its relationship with gold, demonstrating the country’s unique golden heritage. ]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>
