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'''Mary Gould''' was an English silversmith.
Gould was the widow of [[candlestick]] maker James Gould, and registered a mark on 31 August 1747; at the time she was classified as a [[largeworker]]. She gave her address as the Golden Bottle in Ave Maria Lane.<ref name="GlanvilleGoldsborough1990">{{cite book|author1=[[Philippa Glanville]]|author2=Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough|author3=National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.)|title=Women Silversmiths, 1685-1845: Works from the Collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts|url=https://archive.org/details/womensilversmith0000glan|url-access=registration|year=1990|publisher=Thames and Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-23578-2}}</ref> She signed herself "Mrs. James Gould", and used his mark in her work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23473/lot/401/|title=Bonhams : A pair of George II silver candlesticks by Mary Gould, using the IG mark entered under the name 'Mrs James Gould', London 1747 (2)|website=www.bonhams.com|accessdate=Mar 8, 2019}}</ref>
A pair of George II silver-gilt candlesticks by Gould, dating to 1747, are owned by the [[National Museum of Women in the Arts]].<ref name="GlanvilleGoldsborough1990"/>
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