RefNoSAO/2/2/5/8
TitleFrom London and Chester Assay Offices
DescriptionIncludes the following:

Notes on filing letter about silver handles for plated blades

Letters from London Assay Office regarding golf figures from Lee & Wigfull, with cast impressions of London mark – obliterated and reassayed, Sep/Oct 1899

Letter from Chester Assay Office regarding silver clasp from W Neale and Son with cast impression of Sheffield mark – to be obliterated?, 21 Oct 1899

Correspondence with Chester Assay Office regarding dishes sent in with faint impressions of Sheffield mark – to be obliterated, Aug 1905

Letters from London Assay Office regarding forged and doubtful hallmarks on candlesticks – T & J Creswick; Hawksworth, Eyre & Co, Apr and May 1902

Letter from London Assay Office regarding imitation hallmarks on foreign silver, 30 Mar 1900

Letters from Chester Assay Office regarding foreign silver chain with special mark obliterated, Mar 1903

Correspondence with Chester Assay Office regarding rings with transposed marks – Mark Mannox. Prosecution not undertaken – not enough proof, Jan – Mar 1906

Letter from Chester Assay Office regarding silver handles for plated bells – rejected, but may be sent to Sheffield, 28 Aug 1901

Description transcribed from the Assay Office's finding aids for correspondence.

Sheffield Assay Office reference number: LE/5H.
Date1899 - 1906
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AccessStatusOpen
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