Kotagede silver craft originated from the habit of courtiers Kotagede making consumer goods to meet the needs of the Mataram Palace to be used for jewelry or other equipment for the king and the kingdom as well as relatives. Location of the silversmiths exist in every corner of the Kotagede market untill in surounding of the Great Mosque former Islamic Mataram Palace. And almost all the way in Kotagede, there are dozens of shops, artisans and crafts cooperatives silver. If only the palace of Yogyakarta at the time, especially in the reign of Sultan Hamengkubuwono VIII was not interested in the results of silver metal craft in the town, it may not be as famous as the Kotagede circumstances such as now, a very wellknown accros the country with silver craft.
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