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Stephen Goldsmith @goldpolisher and his students attending a 4 day polishing course at Birmingham School of Jewellery @SoJ_BCU took a short walk from the school to Assay Office Birmingham at lunchtime today and were treated to a guided tour of the  assaying (testing) and hallmarking floors. This all came about from a simple image of a closed Assay Office Birmingham Trade Counter Door being tweeted by Stephen  yesterday evening -  expressing a wish to see inside. We tweeted back an…

This week at Assay Office Birmingham, we have a jam-packed schedule full of courses and jewellery valuation events and general public visits to our private silver collection! Education and Training Courses As if that was not enough, on Tuesday we also have our in-house Jewellery, Watch & Silverware Valuation Day taking place as well. This is extremely popular with customers who require insurance valuations for their precious possessions such as rings, watches, necklaces, bangles, an…

 A powerful reminder of Birmingham’s proud civic history    

First World War Centenary The exhibition contains items loaned by prominent Jewellery Quarter firms and also a collage created by the Year 7 pupils of Perry Beeches II who had the benefit of the inspirational Professor Carl Chinn who had obviously brought history to life for them, judging by their contributions to the launch event which was very well attended. 14th June 2014 - 27th June 2015 This exhibition explores how the industry adapted to wartime austerity, the impact on local peop…