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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marote, post: 11574999, member: 84568&quot;]<a href="https://www.marmaladejewellery.co.uk/advice/hallmarks-a-guide/#page/10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.marmaladejewellery.co.uk/advice/hallmarks-a-guide/#page/10" rel="nofollow">https://www.marmaladejewellery.co.uk/advice/hallmarks-a-guide/#page/10</a></p><p>&quot;In 1773 and partly due to the efforts of Matthew Boulton, a renowned silversmith, Birmingham and independently Sheffield got their own assay offices to mark silver only; respectively using the Anchor and the Crown as their marks. Birmingham started hallmarking gold in 1824 and Sheffield in 1904. Due to the mark of 18ct gold being made a crown in 1798, when Sheffield started marking gold in 1904, they needed to change their Assay Office mark so as to avoid confusion. They changed their mark from a crown to a York rose for items of gold.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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