2020/21 Event Programme
The Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office is excited to bring a wide range of events to our customers, clients and the wider industry in 2020.
Events
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Make Your Mark 2020
Led by the Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office, and supported by the Goldsmiths’ Company, the event will provide a packed programme of inspiring talks from leading figures in the trade, live demos, an exhibition, careers advice and much more besides.
Customer Benefits Programme: Bobby & Tommy White
Join the Goldsmiths' Company Assay Office in welcoming two of the UK's most renowned and cutting edge jewellers. Offered exclusively to Assay Office customers, this free event will touch on the White brothers rise in the trade.
Fakes & Forgeries Seminar
At the Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office we prioritise the health and safety of our guests, customers and staff, as well as wider society. For this reason, we've had to take the difficult decision to postpone the Fakes & Forgeries Seminar on the 30th of March.
Valuation Days
Valuation Days Offer the chance for a private one-to-one consultation and professional appraisal by our expert valuer. Clients will also receive a comprehensive portforli9o of their items.
Customer Benefits Programme: Goldsmiths' Company Collection Tour
On the 27th of February The Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office offering customers an exclusive tour of the Goldsmiths’ Company’s Collections.
NAJ & Goldsmiths' Company Assay Office Hallmarking Talk
In a joint initiative, the NAJ, the IRV and Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office came together on the 14th of January 2020 at Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, to discuss the very many facets of hallmarking.
The Goldsmiths' Company Jewellery Materials Congress
As part of our dedication to becoming a centre of excellence for jewellery materials we will be holding a major international conference on 8 and 9 July 2019, at Goldsmiths' Hall.
Make Your Mark 2019
Once again Goldsmiths’ Hall will be opening its doors to all students, graduates and apprentices of the jewellery and allied trades to help you make your mark in industry. This free one day event led by The Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office will be a one stop shop to learn everything you need to know about hallmarking, manufacturing and support networks to help you in your career, alongside a packed schedule of talks and demonstrations and our Make Your Mark awards.
Make Your Mark Awards 2019
You are invited to submit your entry to the Make Your Mark Awards, a competition designed to celebrate the London Hallmark
Make Your Mark 2019 - Features, Exhibitors and Speakers
Make Your Mark, the UK’s leading career development and networking event for emerging designers, apprentices and students of jewellery and allied trades, returns February 2019.
Modern Buffet Plate at Make Your Mark 2019
The Modern Buffet Plate was commissioned in 2014 to showcase the work of the contemporary makers at Company Dinners in the Livery Hall. It will be shown at Make Your Mark on February 5th.
Valuations Day 13 July 2018
Have you ever wanted to discover the true value of that treasured jewellery or silverware piece?
Valuations Day 18 May 2018
Have you ever wanted to discover the true value of that treasured jewellery or silverware piece?
Hallmarking Information Day March 19 2018
Venue: Goldsmiths' Hall
Date: Monday 19 March
This long-established seminar is an informal event attended by those who want to find out more about the Assay Office and the hallmarking process.
Make Your Mark 2017
On 31st October and 1st November, London’s Goldsmiths’ Hall will host the UK’s biggest careers event for apprentices and students of jewellery and allied trades. Following the huge success of the events in 2014, 2015, 2016 the event will deliver even more inspiration, advice and networking opportunities.
Make Your Mark Awards 2017
Applications are now open for the second Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office’s Make Your Mark Awards, which invites students and young designers to design a piece of jewellery or silverware that celebrates the London hallmark, the iconic Leopard’s Head.
Make Your Mark 2017 - Features, Exhibitors and Speakers
Make Your Mark, the UK’s leading career development and networking event for emerging designers, apprentices and students of jewellery and allied trades, returns this autumn.
Valuations Day July 2017
Have you ever wanted to discover the true value of that treasured jewellery or silverware piece?
New Designers 2017
New Designers is the UK’s most important graduate design exhibition, full of innovation and fresh thinking. Come join the Goldsmiths’ Company, the Goldsmiths’ Centre and the Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office on stand S8 in the Jewellery & Contemporary Design & Crafts Zone. See what support you can get from us and meet others taking part in New Designers.
Lincoln Cathedral Heritage Skills Festival
Team members from the Assay Office will be at Lincoln Cathedral's Heritage Skills Festival demonstrating handmarking skills, and showing how we analyse precious metal content with an XRF machine. Come and join us! Visit lincolncathedral.com or email visitors@lincolncathedral.com for more information.
BBC Experts at Fakes and Forgeries Seminar June 2017
Focusing on antique silverware and jewellery, this seminar combines educational lectures from renowned experts in the trade - Alastair Dickenson and Susan Rumfitt from the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow - plus first-hand contact with a variety of spurious items.