Laura’s Legal U.K. Hallmark & the Law

Yes, I have registered my hallmark under my name Miss Laura Helen Elliott, with the initials LHE (as shown below).

My hallmark was registered as of 13th August 2016 with the Goldsmiths Assay Office, London. All my jewellery or sculptures will fully conform to UK law.

The UK requires by law that precious metals of a certain weight to be hallmarked by a UK assay office.

This has been in entered into UK law to ensure customers purchase genuine precious metal over a legally specified weight.

Any items that exceed the following weights all are legally required to be hallmarked Gold, Silver, Platinum or Palladium:

925 Silver: 7.78 grams

375 Gold: 1.0 grams 950

Platinum: 0.5 grams 950

Palladium: 1.0 grams.

Are all my jewellery or sculptures in precious metal hallmarked?

Any of my jewellery or sculptures under the legal weight or in other base materials (for example: Copper, Bronze, Brass) will contain my sponsors mark created by the Goldsmiths Assay Office London. Those precious metal jewellery and sculptures that are below the stated weight (for example: 1.0g for gold, 7.78g for silver and below 0.5g for platinum) may be hallmarked.

There are other exemptions to the Hallmarking Act detailed in the following website page at:

You can view the full hallmark act at the following website page:

https://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/media/filer_public/6e/97/6e971213-312c-4d91-998e-04ff68ac3796/hallmarking_act.pdf

Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited. UK Statutes Crown Copyright. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. An Act to make fresh provision for the composition, assaying, marking and description of articles of, or containing, precious metals, and as to agencies for the implementation and enforcement, thereof; and for purposes connected with those matters. [25th July 1973]