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Visitors will be met with a warm welcome, including coffee and biscuits before the visit, and afterwards, in the Gift Shop, they will be able to buy gifts such as books and silver items all made in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter and hallmarked at The Birmingham Assay Office.  There are lots of Gift ideas for that someone special….. The Silver Collection Visit will take place on Monday 24th February, Monday 28th April and Thursday 26th June at The Birmingham Assay Office, with…

IS YOUR BLING THE REAL THING ? – HALF TERM FUN AND FACTS AT THINKTANK SCIENCE MUSEUM Sally says: “We will set up our stand by the entrance to the new We Made It Gallery and look to present visitors with a challenge. Their first task is to try to pick out by look and touch alone any gold and silver articles in a large pile of costume jewellery. The next stage of the challenge is to crack the Hallmark code and date several pieces of silver from our own collection. With the help…

  Rev Mary Gilbert, the Vicar of St Paul’s Church[/caption] Mary recently registered with The Birmingham Assay Office for hallmarking after completing a jewellery making course at the Midlands Art Centre (MAC) Jewellery Studios. The studios were refurbished in 2010 following sponsorship by The Birmingham Assay Office. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="448"] Rev Mary Gilbert with Registration Co-ordinator Lin Moran   [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="448"] Rev.…

  Penny Parkes with the Olympic Torch[/caption] To read more about Birmingham Day visit http://www.assaynews.co.uk/bao/the-birmingham-assay-office-at-birmingham-day/ , a full round up of pictures can also be seen below. To see The Birmingham Assay Office representing The Jewellery Quarter during Birmingham Day at The House of Commons,  check out BBC Midlands Today's 22.10.13 broadcast -http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03dt2nf  We think it should be Birmingham Day every…