THE historic Sheffield Assay Office is celebrating its 240th anniversary in the city. Established in September 1773 after an Act of Parliament granted Sheffield the right to assess and hallmark ...

The coming event marks the start of the celebration for Archaeology & Historical Preservation Month in Idaho and will be held May 1 from 4-7 p.m. at the newly renovated U.S. Assay Office in Boise ...

The Assay Office will buy from consumers any hallmarked item bought, provided it has not been altered, which is not the metal quality it states it is. This is a guarantee extending back to 1637.

This is Mr Merry’s 47th year at the London assay office, having started as an apprentice himself. “In 1977 . . . we had 130 staff and were hallmarking 26,500 items a day,” he says.

The largest assay office in the world, which can trace its roots back to 1773, is moving forward with its plans to relocate from Newhall Street to a new home within the St George’s development ...

Accra, Feb. 12, GNA - The Ghana Standards Board (GSB) has established an Assay Office to implement a hallmarking scheme to test the proportionate content of precious metal in jewellery.

Assay symbols officially denote the office that verified the item, not the location where the item was actually made. READ MORE: New art gallery and studios planned for derelict Digbeth site ...

The United States Assay Office at 210 Main St. in Boise (1870-71) is one of only three National Landmark buildings in Idaho. To be considered a National Landmark, a building must be important in ...