Malcolm Appleby

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(born 1946 in

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) is a Scottish engraver. His public and private commissions include: the

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(orb) of the

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(1969); a 500th anniversary silver cup for the

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(1978); a raven gun for the

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(1986); a cruet set for 10 Downing Street, commissioned by The Silver Trust (1988); a sculptural tablepiece for

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, Edinburgh, the residence of the First Minister for Scotland (1999); a silver teapot and gold beaded silver bowl for the

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(2000); and the Royal and Gannochy Trust Medals awarded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2000, 2003). Prince of Wales Coronet monde

Appleby trained at Beckenham School of Art, Ravensbourne College of Art,

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School of Art and the

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. He was a Littledale Scholar at the

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in 1969. He has lived in Scotland for most of his working life, and currently maintains an atelier at

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near Aberfeldy, Perthshire. He received an honorary

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from Heriot-Watt University in 2000 and was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to hand engraving.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Appleby, Malcolm Living people 1946 births English goldsmiths English designers English jewellers English silversmiths Members of the Order of the British Empire