History

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.

   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…

The Birmingham Assay Office was pleased to support jewellery designer Fei Liu, along with eight selected British jewellery designers, to showcase at the Shin Kong Place department store in Beijing in November last year. As well as demonstrating the brilliance of UK jewellery design to consumers and trade buyers, Fei Liu wanted to showcase the UK's long heritage of jewellery manufacturing and The Birmingham Assay Office. The Assay Office lent a silverware piece, the Warwick Vase, from it's…