Jewelers 17th century
Abraham Drentwett II
Augsburg (Schwaben) 1647 — Augsburg (Schwaben) 1729
Abraham Drentwett II the Elder was a German painter, goldsmith and engraver.
This master was one of the great Augsburg dynasty of Drentwett artists, numerous members of which worked primarily as gold and silver jewelers for the ruling courts of Europe from the 16th to 18th centuries.
1647–1729
Pierre Platel
Lille 1664 — London 1719
Pierre Platel was a Huguenot silversmith, born c. 1664 in Lille and arriving in England in 1688. He was endowed in 1697, and in 1699 was granted his freedom by ransom, after which he was recorded as a major labourer. Paul de Lamery was taken on as his apprentice in 1703 and remained there until 1713. The paymaster died in 1719. His most significant works belong to the Bentinck or Cavendish families.
1664–1719
