Assay Office Birmingham are pleased to be contributing to the current exhibition at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists  gallery in Brook Street, just off St Paul’s Square in the Jewellery Quarter.  The Society is celebrating 200 years this year and its current exhibition, “A Place for Art”  chronicles not only its own history but also reflects the changing society in which it has developed. The exhibition explores the history and development of the RBSA from the f…

  Test 1 - Combined Lead and Crystal compliance test – Quick Qualitative test The item will first be submitted for lead testing, if it contains less than 500ppm of lead, the test will end there as the item is compliant with the Lead Reach Regulations and therefore the customer will only pay the price of a Lead test, however if the item fails the lead test then it will be tested further automatically to determine if it is crystal glass, this test will state if the item is crystal gl…

Representatives from Assay Office Birmingham will be attending this year's NPA Conference, which is taking place at Hotel Russell in London on Friday 10th October to promote the AnchorCert Gemmological Laboratory, SafeGuard Jewellery Valuation Service, The Analytical Laboratory and Hallmarking. Many pawnbrokers use several divisions of Assay Office Birmingham to test, verify or authenticate precious metal content, diamonds, pearls and other gemstones prior to re-sale in order to add ind…