Hallmark

[pearlescence]

Hi
Forum members often use the word hallmark to describe a trademark..so I attach a photo of my hallmark properly called a sponsor's mark which has just been applied to the pictured ring after the metal was assayed as sterling silver at Goldsmith's Hall in London.

You can clearly see my initials in a specific shape. That is my mark. No-one else has had or ever can have it. It shows that this piece was made by me. The other elements of the mark
are all explained here http://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/assay-office/hallmarking
/all-about-hallmarking/ but briefly there is a Cheetah's head which means it was assayed in London; the rampant lion means stirling silver and the lower case l is the 2010 year letter.
other standards of silver, of gold, platinum and palladium have other marks

 

[pattye]

Wendy,

Thank you for all the information. Wish we did that here in the US. Congratulations! Years from now one will be able to tell who the designer was!!

 

[pearlescence]

yes, Pattye, it is very satisfying.
Hallmarking is one of the earliest forms of consumer protection, going back many 100 of years
perhaps you should start a campaign to get something like it going there?