Hallmarking
Hallmarking is a cornerstone of the UK jewellery trade, ensuring the authenticity and quality of precious metal items through independent verification. For jewellers, manufacturers, and suppliers, staying up to date with hallmarking legislation, standards, and practices is essential to maintaining compliance and consumer trust. Jewellery Focus provides expert coverage on hallmarking, including updates from the UK’s assay offices, regulatory changes, innovations in testing, and insights into the role hallmarking plays in supporting the trade.
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Nov- 2023 -24 NovemberRetailers
Hallmarking up 3.1% in October
The total number of items hallmarked by the four UK Assay Offices has seen a 3.1% rise in October. In total 867,971 pieces of jewellery were hallmarked in October 2023 compared with 841,693 in October 2022, an increase of 26,278. However, gold hallmarking dropped 2.8% from 404,355 pieces hallmarked down…
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Sep- 2023 -19 SeptemberManufacturers
Hallmarking falls 12.2% in August
The total number of items hallmarked by the four UK Assay Offices dropped 12.2% in August. In total 778,960 pieces of jewellery were hallmarked in August 2023 compared with 886,746 in August 2022, a decline of 107,786. Gold hallmarking dropped 11.2% from 364,652 pieces hallmarked down to 323,993. However, gold…
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Jul- 2023 -14 JulyTrade Organisations
Hallmarking falls 13.5% in June
The number of pieces hallmarked by the four UK Assay Offices was down 13.5% with 666,658 pieces hallmarked in June 2023 compared with 770,358 pieces in June 2022. This is yet another month of decline after hallmarking in May dropped 30% year-on-year. Gold hallmarking was down 7.6% with 277,008 pieces…
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Jun- 2023 -29 JuneNews
Birmingham Assay Office signs tech deal with CIBJO
The Birmingham Assay Office and The World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) have announced a new partnership, establishing a framework for technical cooperation between the two organisations aimed at enhancing the global jewellery industry. It was signed in Birmingham by Doug Henry, CEO and assay master at the Birmingham Assay Office and…
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16 JuneManufacturers
Hallmarking down 30% in May
The number of hallmarked pieces from the four UK Assay offices dropped 30% year on year in May from 842,236 down to 586,468. The figures mark another month of decline after April saw a decline of 24% and March saw a decline of 36%. Gold hallmarking dropped 18.5% from 336,108…
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May- 2023 -15 MayTrade Organisations
Hallmarking drops 24% in April
The number of items hallmarked in the UK from the four UK Assay Offices fell 24% in April 2023 compared with April 2022. All four of the Assay offices collectively hallmarked 245,583 pieces of silver in April 2023, down from 349,654 in the same period in 2022, a drop of…
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Apr- 2023 -21 AprilRetailers
Fabergé introduces two new lockets to its Heritage Collection
In celebration of the coronation of King Charles III, Fabergé has introduced two new commemorative lockets to its Heritage collection. The Heritage Gold State Coach Surprise Locket features a miniature replica of the “iconic Gold State Coach, built in 1762 to transport British kings and queens. The miniature carriage sits…
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18 AprilEconomy
Hallmarking drops 35.9% in March
The total number of items hallmarked by all four UK Assay Offices fell 35.9% in March 2023 compared with the same period in 2022, according to data from Birmingham Assay Office. The total number of items hallmarked in March was 591,874, around 320,000 less than the same month in 2022.…
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11 AprilNews
BHC reappoints chair for third three-year term
The British Hallmarking Council (BHC) has appointed its current chair, Noel Hunter OBE, to serve for a third three-year term. In his final term as chair, Hunter aims to improve the protection of UK consumers buying from the internet, where an increasing level of non-compliance has been detected, and therefore…
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Mar- 2023 -2 MarchRetailers
Bradley’s Jewellers receives first King Charles hallmark
Independent retailer Bradley’s Jewellers York has become one of the first people to have a piece of jewellery with the new hallmark of King Charles II. Owner Kay Bradley was able to get a Fabergé Yorkshire Rose Egg Surprise Locket in 18k white gold stamped with the hallmark at the…
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