Bernard Cuzner worked for a silver firm whilst he attending evening classes at the recently opened Vittoria Street School for jewellers and silversmiths under Robert Catterson Smith, who with Arthur Gaskin (1862-1928) influenced his work during the early years. In around 1900 Cuzner started to design jewellery for the London retailers Liberty. It is also thought that he was employed by the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. In 1910 he was appointed Head of the Metalwork Department at the Birmingham School of Art in Margaret Street, a position he held until his retirement in 1942.