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gjc10212 said:
I've purchased a ring from Hatton Garden - can you link me legal requirement for this to be the case?
Thanks
no idea if it's a legal requirement but these two sites may help:Thanks
Edited by gjc10212 on Tuesday 26th January 08:21
http://www.hallmarkingconvention.org/index.php
http://www.theassayoffice.co.uk/phe.html
inkiboo said:
It doesn't have to be; my wife's engagement/wedding ring was a custom platinum design and we specifically asked for no hallmarks at all.
Ok. I didn't ask for them to be removed (but I assumed all markings would be there in the first place)and it would appear there isn't anything stamped.
I once went out with a silversmith and I remember that she bought me some sterling silver cufflinks and made a fuss insisting that they were sent off and hallmarked.
Found this - there are exemptions for small articles.
http://www.britishhallmarkingcouncil.gov.uk/public...
Found this - there are exemptions for small articles.
http://www.britishhallmarkingcouncil.gov.uk/public...
Edited by TooLateForAName on Tuesday 26th January 10:10
"Hallmarking is a way to guarantee the purity of precious metals. Metals are tested and, if they meet a certain minimal purity requirement, are marked with a specified seal. In the United Kingdom (UK), this is done by the Assay Offices in London, Birmingham, Sheffield, and Edinburgh. The Hallmarking Act of 1973 makes up the bulk of modern law regarding the assaying and hallmarking of metals in the United Kingdom. The Act made business transactions involving unmarked metals illegal."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallmarking_Act_1973
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallmarking_Act_1973
Just spoke to my jeweller and they will send it off (to their jeweller). I was also informed that this takes a few days? I'm assuming again that the hallmarking is only completed by the assay office?
Apologies for all the questions - I just want to ensure I'm not being done!
Apologies for all the questions - I just want to ensure I'm not being done!
Edited by gjc10212 on Tuesday 26th January 10:06
Edited by gjc10212 on Tuesday 26th January 10:07
gjc10212 said:
Just spoke to my jeweller and they will send it off (to their jeweller). I was also informed that this takes a few days? I'm assuming again that the hallmarking is only completed by the assay office?
Apologies for all the questions - I just want to ensure I'm not being done!
they'll need to send it to the Assay office...as in my link above (why did I bother?)Apologies for all the questions - I just want to ensure I'm not being done!
Edited by gjc10212 on Tuesday 26th January 10:06
Edited by gjc10212 on Tuesday 26th January 10:07
http://www.theassayoffice.co.uk/phe.html
As the ring has been finished without a hallmark, the jeweller who made it should send it off to be hallmarked as they have to put their makers mark on it.
If you send it yourself to the assay office they will put their stamp on for the makers mark. You will then have to get it finished by a jeweller!
When the assay office receive it they have to take scrapings from the ring to test it. IME they sometimes take quite a lot, sometimes damaging it.
The hallmarks are usually put on before the ring is made up and finished. The stamping will make marks on the shank which the jeweller will have to emery and polish out so there is every chance the shank will be slightly thinner.
If it is really important to you to have it hallmarked then get it done.
You could get the jeweller to sign the back of a photograph of the ring stating he made it and what it is made of along with the quality of the diamond.
It will take at least a week to get hallmarked depending on how busy the assay office is.
If you send it yourself to the assay office they will put their stamp on for the makers mark. You will then have to get it finished by a jeweller!
When the assay office receive it they have to take scrapings from the ring to test it. IME they sometimes take quite a lot, sometimes damaging it.
The hallmarks are usually put on before the ring is made up and finished. The stamping will make marks on the shank which the jeweller will have to emery and polish out so there is every chance the shank will be slightly thinner.
If it is really important to you to have it hallmarked then get it done.
You could get the jeweller to sign the back of a photograph of the ring stating he made it and what it is made of along with the quality of the diamond.
It will take at least a week to get hallmarked depending on how busy the assay office is.
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