Jewellery Quarter News

Silversmith Steven Millington discussed how his company, L.J.Millington, has had to adapt to the needs of an ever changing business environment to ensure its survival, whilst Jack Kirby from Birmingham’s Thinktank Museum gave a fascinating presentation about how the Jewellery Quarter will be represented in the new ‘We Made It’ exhibition which is currently under development and is sponsored by the Assay Office. Sally Hoban commented: ‘Here at the Birmingham Assay Office, …

 The event held in Birmingham addressed issues including security, hallmarking and trading in second hand jewellery over the counter. Michael Allchinhig hlighted the legal requirements for the correct hallmarking of gold jewellery. The seminar also included the launch of ‘The Gold Standard’ – a new industry wide initiative to set common standards in the responsible purchasing of second hand gold over the counter and helping Police to track and recover stolen jewellery. For …