Wednesday, Dec 05, 2012
What is Lead? Lead is a metal which, even at very low levels of exposure, can be toxic. It is not excreted by the body but instead accumulates so that regular exposure, even to very small quantities, can amount to damaging levels in the body. Why do we need to test for Lead? Lead poisoning can negatively affect both intellect...
Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012
The Touchstone Award, initiated by the British Hallmarking Council (BHC), is a national award for Trading Standards, in respect of Hallmarking. The Chairman of the BHC’s Education and Enforcement Committee, Mike Drewry, presented the ‘Touchstone Award’ at the Annual Conference of the Trading Standards Institute in June and the w...
Monday, Nov 26, 2012
We welcome all enquiries though our website, whether you have a question about the services we offer or you would like help tracing the history of a family heirloom. We have had some wonderful feedback from people who we have helped recently and are excited to share them. “That's fantastic, our bowl is not as old as we thought...
Friday, Oct 19, 2012
Sheffield Assay Office in collaboration with Museums Sheffield and the four original silversmiths who designed and made the Millennium Punch bowl and cups met last week to give the Sheffield Assay Office commission a clean. For those of you who have not seen the punch bowl this is a large bowl accompanied by a series of individ...
Friday, Oct 19, 2012
Sheffield Assay Office in collaboration with Museums Sheffield and the four original silversmiths who designed and made the Millennium Punch bowl and cups met last week to give the Sheffield Assay Office commission a clean. For those of you who have not seen the punch bowl this is a large bowl accompanied by a series of individ...
Monday, Oct 15, 2012
This table depicts the amount of precious metal articles being submitted for hallmarking in the months of July to September 2012, by all four UK Assay Offices including the percentage increase or decrease when compared to Quarter 3 2011. As precious metals prices are on the increase again it isn't really a surprise that hallmar...
Thursday, Oct 11, 2012
On Thursday 24th January 2013 From 10:00am to 12:30pm Take the opportunity to find out more about the testing and marking of precious metals in the city of Sheffield. The Sheffield Assay Office have been established for 239 years and welcome you to a talk about the history and work of the Assay Office , view selected pieces ...
Friday, Oct 05, 2012
Yorkshire Artspace with Museums Sheffield, Chaucer School & Park Academy Yorkshire Artspace worked with pupils from Chaucer School and Park Academy on an education project inspired by the exhibition ‘Auctorum’ – a solo exhibition by the Sheffield based artist Paul Morrison – on show at Museums Sheffield’s Millennium Galleries u...
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