John F. Hayward
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LOCATION: London, United Kingdom
Associate Director, Sotheby Parke-Bernet and Company, London and New York City. Deputy Keeper, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1946–65. Author of Virtuoso Goldsmiths and others.
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Metalwork, useful and decorative objects fashioned of various metals, including copper, iron, silver, bronze, lead, gold, and brass. The earliest human-made objects were of stone, wood, bone, and earth. It was only later that humans learned to extract metals from the earth and to hammer them into…
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