First Woman to hold the role of Freeman at the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths as a working Silversmith
May 2011, in the studio, Holborn
b.1946, Wales
British silver and goldsmith, Jocelyn Burton won her first significant award The de Beers International Award for diamond jewellery design – at the age of 21. Three years later, she set up her own studio. A clutch of prestigious awards followed and in 1974 – aged 28 – Jocelyn became the first woman working silversmith to be given the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths since the company’s creation in the 12th century.