Thomas Green came from the small northern market town of Kirkby Stephen in Westmorland, served his apprenticeship in the Gunmaker’s Company under Edward Nicholson 1686 − 1693, and established an active gunmaking business in the Minories, close to the Tower of London. His business was commercially successful despite his being persecuted as a Popish Recusant and being forced into exile for allegedly supplying arms to the Jacobite rising of 1715 and the Atterbury Plot against King George I in 1722. Thomas Green’s nephew, Richard Wilson, also from Kirkby Stephen, served his apprenticeship under his uncle and eventually took over the business which thrived for over another 100 years. This article briefly describes what has been learned of the life of Thomas Green and is illustrated by a fine hallmarked example of his work.

托马斯·格林 (Thomas Green) 来自威斯特摩兰 (Westmorland) 的柯比斯蒂芬 (Kirkby Stephen) 北部集镇，1686 年至 1693 年在爱德华·尼科尔森 (Edward Nicholson) 领导下的枪械制造公司担任学徒，并在靠近伦敦塔的米诺里郡建立了活跃的枪支制造业务。尽管他因涉嫌向 1715 年的詹姆斯党起义和 1722 年反对乔治一世国王的阿特伯里阴谋提供武器而受到迫害，并被迫流亡，但他的生意在商业上取得了成功。托马斯·格林的侄子理查德·威尔逊也来自柯比·斯蒂芬，在他叔叔手下当学徒，并最终接管了这家又繁荣了 100 多年的企业。本文简要介绍了托马斯·格林的一生，并通过他作品中的一个精美的标志性例子进行了说明。