A silversmith is a metalworker who crafts objects from silver. The terms silversmith and goldsmith are not exact synonyms, as the techniques, training, history, and guilds are largely the same but differed in that the end product may vary greatly.
Embossed silver sarcophagus of Saint Stanislaus in the Wawel Cathedral, created in the main centers of 17th-century European silversmithery – Augsburg and Gdańsk
Paul Revere with a silver teapot and some of his engraving tools
Dish made by hand-hammering
A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Nowadays they mainly specialize in jewelry-making but historically, goldsmiths have also made silverware, platters, goblets, decorative and serviceable utensils, and ceremonial or religious items.
The Baqdadi goldsmith by Kamal-ol-molk
A goldsmith workshop during the mid-seventeenth century
Aztec father teaches his son to cast gold
A Brahmin goldsmith from Goa, 16th century India