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About Me

 

I have been working in silver since 1976. I earned a BFA degree in silversmithing and jewelry making from Maine College of Art where I studied under Harold Schremmer and Ernest T. Thompson. Upon graduating, I was hired by Gorham as a designer, sample maker, and technical illustrator. I then worked at Pilz Ltd., a small silver company where I created ecclesiastical and specialty ware prior to starting my own business in 1984.

I have garnered an international reputation for honest advice and quality craftsmanship with special attention to surface finishing. As a sole-proprietor I have restored, reconstructed, and hand finished everything from everyday disposal-damaged and dishwasher-dulled flatware to major surgery on historically important tankards, tureens, and tea services made by Revere, Storr, Bateman, Gorham, Tiffany, Whiting, and Fletcher & Gardiner. EVERY piece receives love and care, regardless of its value. And as an environmentalist, I use the safest, non-toxic, products available in one of the best equipped restoration workshops in the world.

In 1989 I founded the Society of American Silversmiths to preserve and promote this beautiful art form. Find my CV here.


Some of my Art

© Jeffrey Herman, sterling vase with five
 pearls, 5" tall x 3" dia., raised from a
 rectangular sheet and allowed cracks to
natually occur. High polish inside and out.
Photo: Bill Hicks


Professional Affiliations

Founder &  Executive Director
Society of American Silversmiths

Advisor on Restoration & Silver Care
International Institute of Modern Butlers
International Match Safe Association
New York Silver Society
Total Superyacht
Silver Magazine

Moderator on  Silver Care & Techniques
Silver-Collector.com

Member
Fellow – Institute of Professional Goldsmiths, UK
Collections Care and Conservation Alliance
Professional Restorers International
Preservation Artisans Guild
New York Silver Society

Other

Consultant to the Silver Industry
Consultant to Lampert Pulse Arc Welders
Listed with Jewelers Board of Trade

Recommended by

Museums / Associations
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Yale University Art Gallery
RI School of Design Museum of Art
Indiana Museum of Art
Cape Ann Museum
Mystic Seaport Museum
International Tennis Hall of Fame
United States Sailing Association
Trinity Church, Newport, RI

Dealers
Beverly Bremer Silver Shop
Buccellati
Drucker Antiques
Firestone & Parson
Georg Jensen
James Robinson, Inc.
Jonathan Trace
M. Ford Creech Antiques
Marsh & Ackerman Antiques
Nate Ivey, DC Silver
S.J. Shrubsole
Spencer Marks Antiques

Auction Houses
Christie's / Heritage / Skinner / Sotheby's


Interviews via Podcast / Featured

Metalsmith BenchTalk
Antique Auction Forum
Preservation Artisans Guild

My Other Businesses

Herman's Simply Clean Collecors Silver Polish
Sterling/5% Platinum Welding Wire
The Herman Planisher


 

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