Definition of "goldsmithery" []

• Goldsmiths' work. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "We can more easily tell how old goldsmithery is, which means that sometimes people will melt down 'common' medieval gold coins like Byzantine nummi so as to have authentic gold with which to fake something much more valuable like an Anglo-Saxon shilling."
• "All this gift of goldsmithery comes as one would expect, quite naturally, from his powers as an engraver, in which art he held a first place in his time and was the master of the younger school, especially in Belgium and Germany."
• "We are grateful for his lyricism and for his exquisite goldsmithery."