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  2. Hallmark - Wikipedia

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    A hallmark is punched into a section of a silver chain by a silversmith. A hallmark is an official mark or series of marks struck on items made of metal, mostly to certify the content of noble metals—such as platinum, gold, silver and in some nations, palladium. In a more general sense, the term hallmark is used to refer to any standard of ...

  3. The Goldsmiths' Company Assay Office - Wikipedia

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    The hallmark indicates the amount of precious metal in the alloy in parts per thousand (the millesimal fineness). In addition to indicating the town where the item was marked, a unique sponsor's or maker's mark identifies the item's origin and a date letter to represent the year of marking. Traditional hallmarks

  4. Hallmarking Act 1973 - Wikipedia

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    All About Antique Silver with International Hallmarks. AAA Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9785168-0-2. "Hallmarking Act". Archived from the original on 5 February 2007 "Hallmarking Law". British Hallmarking Council. Archived from the original on 6 April 2010

  5. Edinburgh Assay Office - Wikipedia

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    The assay office marks - from left to right, London, Birmingham, Sheffield, and Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Assay Office is the last remaining Assay Office in Scotland and one of four which remain in the United Kingdom. The Edinburgh Assay Office traces its hallmarking history back to 1457 [1] when the first hallmarking act of Scotland was created ...

  6. Birmingham Assay Office - Wikipedia

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    The anchor mark no longer indicates that an item was assayed in Birmingham. In July 2016 Birmingham Assay Office began striking its hallmark via a subsidiary in Mumbai, India. In 2018 the British Hallmarking Council announced that hallmarks struck overseas must be different from domestic hallmarks. Beginning in early 2019 a modified version of ...

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  8. Silver hallmarks - Wikipedia

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    British and Other Worldwide Sterling Marks; A Small Collection of Antique Silver and Objects of vertu, created by Italian Giorgio B. Weldons of Dublin Blog with information on Irish silversmiths and Irish Hallmarks] Silver Hallmarks Encyclopedia; Antique Silver Hallmarks; Fineness Certification of Precious Metal Wares: Japan Mint

  9. Hester Bateman - Wikipedia

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    Hester Bateman (bap. 1708 – 16 September 1794 [1]) was an English silversmith, renowned for her high quality flatware and ornamental silverware.A craftswoman working within the family business, she was succeeded in turn by her sons, daughter-in-law, grandson and great-grandson.