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Covid-19 may have changed the working environment, but staff here at Sheffield Assay Office have not let this get in the way of taking advantage of opportunities for learning.

In 2022, the Association of Contemporary Jewellers will be celebrating their 25th anniversary. As part of the celebrations, they are planning a special conference and would like to hear your suggestions and input, to guide their planning.

Sheffield Assay Office Guardian, Helen Dimmick and her partner Phil recently visited our Hallmarking team to mark their own wedding bands ahead of their big day.

Dr Belen Morales, head of Analytical Services here at Sheffield Assay Office, was delighted to be a guest speaker at the recent 2021 LBMA Assaying and Refining Digital Conference, presenting a programme of research using the principles given by the standards ISO 15093:20 and ISO 15096 to develop an ICP-OES in-house test method for testing high purity gold.

The team here at Sheffield Assay Office recently joined The Silver Society's Early Career Silver Group for two online events to help promote hallmarking and share knowledge and information with the next generation of silversmiths, dealers and curators.

It was with great sadness that the Sheffield Assay Office heard of the recent passing of Stan Shaw, one of Sheffield’s best and most experienced knife makers.

From 1st January 2021, obligations to recognise equivalent EU hallmarks ended in Great Britain. For the Northern Ireland market EU hallmarks will continue to be recognised.

Join Emma Paragreen, Curator here at the Sheffield Assay Office – where precious metals have been tested and hallmarked since 1773 – to discover the work of historical and contemporary women silversmiths.