page_title: Goldsmith
hierarchical_section_title: Goldsmith
caption_attribution_description: Original image description from the Deutsche Fotothek Ständebuch &amp; Beruf &amp; Handwerk &amp; Goldschmied
context_page_description: A goldsmith is a person who makes objects using gold or other precious metals.
  5,000 years ago, ancient Sumerians made bowls out of gold. People have long used gold for making jewelry or sacred objects used in religious worship.
  In medieval Europe goldsmiths often acted as bankers.
  Goldsmiths use methods such as soldering, sawing, forging, casting, and polishing to make things out of gold. Goldsmiths traditionally teach their trade to apprentices. Today, jewelry arts schools teach goldsmithing and other similar skills.
context_section_description: A goldsmith is a person who makes objects using gold or other precious metals.
  5,000 years ago, ancient Sumerians made bowls out of gold.  People have long used gold for making jewelry or sacred objects used in religious worship. 
  In medieval Europe goldsmiths often acted as bankers.
  Goldsmiths use methods such as soldering, sawing, forging, casting, and polishing to make things out of gold. Goldsmiths traditionally teach their trade to apprentices.  Today, jewelry arts schools teach goldsmithing and other similar skills.
caption: A goldsmith in the mid-17th century.
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