THE MARK

Every precious-metal article carries the marks of its making.

A hallmark is a record held within the object — identifying its maker, its material and the authority that has tested it. What appears as a small series of impressions becomes a permanent account of where a piece came from and what it is made from.

The maker’s mark is formed from the initials of the founder. It is a personal mark rather than a branded symbol: an indication of authorship, pressed into the material at the point of making.

Alongside it sits the fineness mark, identifying the purity of the precious metal, and the mark of the Assay Office responsible for testing and verification.

Together, these impressions form the recognised UK hallmark.

The mark is deliberately small. Its scale is secondary to its permanence — a record carried by the object long after the process of making is complete.