Jocelyn Burton

Sara Jocelyn Margarita Elissa Burton (10 January 1946 – 5 April 2020) was a British silver and goldsmith. Burton was the first woman to receive the City and Guilds of London Institute top award, the Prince Philip Medal. Jocelyn died after a long battle with cancer, in Boston Lincolnshire on 5 April 2020, aged 74.

Work Burton's design process started with drawing, followed by painting, and finally to producing works with precious metals. Much of her early work features oceanic themes, such as seashells and seahorses. Jocelyn's work was varied, often of the Baroque style. Although known for jewellery, Jocelyn was an expert in the design of architectural lighting, table and flatware and many other objects created from precious metal.

Recognition and awards In 1968, at the very beginning of her career, Burton won the De Beers International Award for the design of diamond jewellery.

In 1995, Burton won the United Kingdom Jeweller Award for best design in silver. Burton had the first piece of platinum to be hallmarked at the London Assay Office in 1973 when hallmarking for platinum was introduced under the Hallmarking Act of 1973 and platinum became a recognized metal under the Vienna Convention on the Control of the Fineness and the Hallmarking of Precious Metal Objects. This piece is at Goldsmiths' Hall. She became a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in 1974.

In 2003, Burton was the first woman to receive the City and Guilds of London Institute top award, the Prince Philip Medal.

Burton was a member of The People's Supermarket, opened in Lamb's Conduit Street by Arthur Potts Dawson in 2010. Burton regularly appeared in the Channel 4 documentary of the same name in 2011.

In 2012, Burton appeared on Radio 4's Midweek program for an interview, celebrating 40 years of her career.

In 2018, Burton's work was featured in an exhibition at the SFO Museum in San Francisco International Airport, called "A Sterling Renaissance: British Silver Design 1957-2018".