[/caption] All the pieces were selected by a distinguished judging panel chaired by Professor Jack Cunningham, which included Corinne Julius, Jacqueline Gestetner, Joanna Hardy, Kath Libbert and Karen Dell’Armi. Leading jewellery designers taking part include Stephen Bottomley, Kelvin J Birk, Maria Hanson, and Zoe Robertson.

The Assay Office held its most recent small groups public silver visits on Tuesday December 6th. These visits give members of the public a rare opportunity to see inside the Assay Office, view our silver collection and library and hear about our history.

Michael Allchin CEO and Assay Master - The Birmingham Assay Office 1. What was your plan for carrying out the RJC self Assessment? Our RJC certification has an unusually wide scope, capturing not only our hallmarking activities but also the metal analysis carried out by The Laboratory and the gemstone testing done in our AnchorCert Gemmological Laboratory. The Birmingham Assay Office is already certificated to ISO9001:2008 and The Laboratory and AnchorCert are accredited to UKAS 17…

   Saturday 23 June 2012, 10am - 4.00pm. Lecture Room 1, First Floor, Arts Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT Fee: £36 (refreshments and lunch provided) This is the first Birmingham Assay Office and Centre for West Midlands History, University of Birmingham day school. The Assay Office was formed in 1773 as a result of a successful campaign led by Birmingham industrialist, entrepreneur and silversmith Matthew Boulton. It is the largest assay…