Editing Silversmith (section)

{{short description|Craftsperson who makes objects from silver or gold}}
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[[File:Rennen Silver sarcophagus of Saint Stanislaus.jpg|thumb|[[Repoussé and chasing|Embossed]] silver sarcophagus of [[Stanislaus of Szczepanów|Saint Stanislaus]] in the [[Wawel Cathedral]], created in the main centers of 17th-century European silversmithery – [[Augsburg]] and [[Gdańsk]]<ref name=artinpl/>]]

A '''silversmith''' is a [[metalworking|metalworker]] who crafts objects from [[silver]]. The terms ''silversmith'' and ''[[goldsmith]]'' are not exact [[synonym]]s, as the techniques, training, history, and [[guild]]s are (or were, at least) largely the same but differed in that the end product may vary greatly (as may the scale of objects created).