Ernest Leviny b. 1818

  • Artist (Glass & metal Artist / Designer)
Tags: Silversmith, Watchmaker
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Leviny was born at Georgenberg, Hungary, in 1818 and trained as a silversmith and jeweller in Budapest. He lived and worked in Paris from 1843 to 1846, then moved to London, where he operated a manufacturing jewellers and goldsmith business between 1846 and 1852.

In 1864, he married Bertha.Together they ten children between 1865 and 1883 – four sons: Louis, Alfred, Ernest and Francis, and six daughters: Mary, Ilma, Beatrice Kate, Gertrude, Bertha Dorothy and Hilda. Each of the daughters pursue arts and crafts practices, some to great success.

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See alsos [<ExternalResource: Buda and the Leviny Family, Lauretta Zilles (2011)>, <ExternalResource: Culture Victoria: Goldfield Stories, The Leviny Sisters>] [<ExternalResource: Buda and the Leviny Family, Lauretta Zilles (2011)>]