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…

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