500 Golden Years

This year, Aachen’s Guild of Goldsmiths is celebrating its 500th anniversary. The Couven Museum is taking part in the celebrations. It is one of three venues, and will be exhibiting secular works from gold and silver workshops in Aachen. The Guild of Goldsmiths’ exhibition will be on show in the Sparkasse Aachen, while examples of sacred gold and silver work will be displayed in Aachen’s Cathedral Treasury.

Exhibits range from the works of well-known older Aachen goldsmiths and family businesses (von Rodt, von Orsbach, Joh. Theod. Cremer, Hub. Moeren) and those of workshops from the period of historicism to the works of master goldsmiths of the recent past and the present day. The works on show include centrepieces, cutlery, ornamental trophies, chains of office, riflemen’s silver and individual pieces of jewellery.

Preview: 8 October 2010, 5 -6 pm