Another rarely seen British silver hallmark.
Which Assay Office and what does it signify?
Trev.
What-is-it question CXLII
What-is-it question CXLII
Hi,
Another rarely seen British silver hallmark.
Which Assay Office and what does it signify?
Trev.
Another rarely seen British silver hallmark.
Which Assay Office and what does it signify?
Trev.
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Hi Pat,
Well done, I believe these marks were brought in following the introduction of Convention hallmarking, whereas the exporting country would hallmark the item and there would be no requirement on the importing country to hallmark the piece. The UK was then faced with the problem of creating new hallmarks if producers were supplying to countries that used a lower standard of silver than that required by law in the UK.
These images came from the Irish Government website below:
Source:
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/plweb-cg ... etCookie=1
Trev.
Well done, I believe these marks were brought in following the introduction of Convention hallmarking, whereas the exporting country would hallmark the item and there would be no requirement on the importing country to hallmark the piece. The UK was then faced with the problem of creating new hallmarks if producers were supplying to countries that used a lower standard of silver than that required by law in the UK.
These images came from the Irish Government website below:
Source:
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/plweb-cg ... etCookie=1
Trev.
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