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300 Years of British Silver: Hallmarks of the Monarchies presents flatware and other silver dating back to the reign of William III and Mary II (1689-1702). This comprehensive and chronological ...
British silversmiths are being frustrated over trying to sell silver and gold into the European Union after the Brexit trade deal failed to recognise the UK’s centuries-old hallmarks. The UK has ...
Some pieces will have four or more hallmarks. On English silver, for example, a lion passant (walking lion) denotes a guarantee that the silver is sterling — at least 92.5 percent pure — while ...
Duty was imposed on silver and hallmarks were required to identify it as sterling.” In the earliest British sterling silver, the following marks were required: — The sovereign`s head ...
Silver is hallmarked similarly. Sterling silver is, in most countries, standardized at 92.5% pure silver. Marks such as "Sterling" or ".925" or "STG" are indicative of this content.
Q-My old silver tablespoon has four hallmarks, but I can’t find them in any English silver book. There is no lion or leopard mark; instead there are a crown over a triangle, a seated lady, a ...