Elizabeth Godfrey

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Elizabeth Godfrey,wanda kuma aka sani da Eliza Godfrey da Elizabeth Buteux(aiki c.1720–1766),maƙeran zinare ce ta Ingilishi.An kira ta "mace mafi fice a maƙerin zinare a zamaninta."

Diyar Simon Pantin,sanannen maƙerin azurfa da kansa,Godfrey an haife shi a Landan kuma an yi imanin cewa an horar da shi a taron bitar mahaifinta.Duk da nasarorin da ta samu a matsayinta na mai fasaha a cikin yancinta,aikinta ya kasance mafi yawan lokuta ta hanyar aurenta da maza.Godfrey ta yi aure sau biyu,sau biyu ga maƙeran azurfa waɗanda ta yi hulɗa tare da ita a London.A 1720 ta auri Abraham Buteux.Bayan mutuwarsa shekaru goma sha ɗaya bayan haka, Godfrey ya fara gudanar da kamfani da kanta.Daga baya ta auri Benjamin Godfrey,wanda aka yi imanin yana cikin aikinta. Ya mutu a shekara ta 1741,a lokacin ne ta sake fara jagorantar kasuwancin da kanta, lokacin da gwanintar kamfaninta na samar da shahararrun kayan ado na Rococo ya sami abokan ciniki masu aminci.Har zuwa kwanan nan,ana tunanin Godfrey yana aiki har zuwa 1758.Duk da haka,bincike na baya-bayan nan ya nuna cewa tana aiki har zuwa akalla 1766. Wannan lokaci ne da mata da yawa masu sana'a ke aiki a London,kuma sana'ar alatu wani bangare ne da suka sami nasara musamman.Godfrey ya kasance, alal misali,zamanin Hester Bateman.

Ayyukanta an san su da inganci mai kyau da salo na zamani.Godfrey ya bayyana kanta a kan katunan kasuwanci a matsayin"Maƙerin Zinariya,Maƙerin Azurfa,da Jeeller,[wanda]ke yin da siyar da kowane nau'in faranti,kayan ado,da agogo,a cikin sabon ɗanɗano a mafi ƙarancin farashi." Ma'abotanta sun haɗa da manyan mutane da danginsu- musamman Duke na Cumberland. Ayyukanta sun rinjayi al'adun Huguenot na Faransa na yin azurfa.