Bernard Cuzner - Designer, Silversmith

Bernard Cuzner initially trained as a watchmaker before showing talent as a silversmith. He moved to Birmingham to train at the Vittoria Street School of Jewellery and Silversmithing, and Birmingham School of Art, where he was influenced by Robert Catterson Smith and Arthur Gaskin. From 1900 he taught at the school and began designing for W.H. Haseler and Liberty & Co. He was head of the department of metalwork at the Birmingham School of Art from 1910 until 1942. He worked in the Arts and Crafts style with recognisable decoration. He also designed for Liberty's 'Cymric' range of silverware and jewellery from 1899, as well as for private commissions.