Since 2005, thanks to the support of Sheffield Assay Office, emerging designer-silversmiths from Sheffield’s Yorkshire Artspace have had the chance to exhibit their work at the Millennium Gallery through the Little Gems programme.

The new Little Gems Commissions on display in the Millennium Gallery foyer have been made by Elizabeth Handforth & Caroline McNeil-Moss and Victoria Radcliffe as part of the Yorkshire Artspace Studio Programme for Designer Silversmiths and Jewellers.

The commission, which is supported by Sheffield Assay Office, offers opportunity to emerging silversmiths and the finished objects then become part of the metalwork collections of Sheffield Assay Office and the city of Sheffield, which is cared for by Museums Sheffield.