Leslie Durbin (born 1913 died 2005) apprenticed to Omar Ramsden 1929-38. Held all the Goldsmith’s Company’s scholarships. Durbin’s silver designs use a combination of modelling and silversmithing techniques. 1945 established a workshop in partnership with Leonard Moss, who also worked with Omar Ramsden. Taught at the Central School and RCA while Gerald Benney, David Mellor and Robert Welch were students. Made a CBE in 1976 for his contribution to the silver craft. He designed the Queen’s Head for the Royal Jubilee commemorative assay mark and reverse of £1 coins in the 1980’s. 1982 one-man exhibition at Goldsmith’s Hall entitled “Fifty Years of Silversmithing.”