Early Silver Hallmarks

Other UK Assay Offices

Birmingham Import Marks	Birmingham Assay Office PO Box 151 Newhall Street Birmingham B3 1SB Tel:0121 236 6951 Fax:0121 236 9032 Visit web site
	The London Assay Office Goldsmith's Hall Gutter Lane London EC2V 8AQ Tel:0207 606 8975 Fax:0207 606 1511 Visit web site
	The Sheffield Assay Office 137 Portobello Road Sheffield S1 4DS Tel:01142 755111 Fax:01142 756473 Visit web site
	The Edinburgh Assay Office Goldsmith's Hall 24 Broughton Street Edinburgh EH1 3RH Tel:0131 556 1144 Fax:0131 556 1177 Visit web site
	The Dublin Assay Office Dublin Castle Dublin 2 Tel:00353 1475 1286 Fax:00353 1478 3838 Note Since 1923, The Dublin Assay Office has not been part of the British hallmarking system.
	The Chester Assay Office closed in 1962.
	The Glasgow Assay Office closed in 1964.
There were other Assay Offices that closed before the end of the nineteenth century, such as Exeter, Newcastle and York. The following books have useful information on these and other offices. Frederick Bradbury, Bradbury's Book of Hallmarks (Sheffield: The Sheffield Assay Office, 1927 - 2004) Ian Pickford (ed.), Jackson's Silver and Gold marks of England, Scotland and Ireland (Woodbridge: The Antique Collector's Club, 1989) Phillip Priestley and Maurice H. Ridgway, The Compendium of Chester Gold and Silver Marks 1570 to 1963 (Woodridge: The Antique Collector's Club, 2004)