Arthur Grimwade

Arthur Girling Grimwade FSA (10 February 1913 in London – 21 November 2002) was a British antiquarian known for his work in the history of silversmithing and goldsmithing, a field in which he was "highly respected" and a "world authority". He spent 20 years writing the reference work London Goldsmiths 1697-1837: Their Marks & Lives, which was published in 1976; he also wrote numerous other reference works and scholarly articles, beginning with a 1947 article in Country Life about items in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum. After serving in the Second World War as a signaller, he returned to Christie's in 1946. a position he held until 1979. and, while valuating the assets of Burghley House, discovered the artefact now known as the Burghley Nef "neglected and black in a cellar".

In 1971, he visited California, serving as a guest lecturer in silver artefacts at the University of California, Davis.