English 800 standard - SMP Silver Salon Forums

SM Publications

Silver Salon Forums - The premier site for discussing Silver.

SMP | Silver Salon Forums | SSF - Guidelines | SSF - FAQ | Silver Sales

In this Forum we discuss the silver of the United Kingdom, as well as British Colonial silver and Old Sheffield Plate.

Past British - Irish Sterling topics/threads worth a look.

How to Post Photos

Want to be a Moderator?

SMP Silver Salon Forums
tline

British / Irish Sterling
tline3

English 800 standard

profile | register | preferences | faq | search

SSFFriend: Email This Page to Someone!

next newest topic | next oldest topic

Author

Topic: English 800 standard

Scott Martin
Forum Master

Posts: 11573
Registered: Apr 93

posted 11-21-2003 05:55 PM

The current English (UK) silver standard marks are:

800 silver
Sterling
Britannia
999 fine (pure) silver

I believe that these new marks were put into use about 1998.

Before 1998 was 800 an assayed standard in the UK?

Does anyone any examples of flatware or holloware with these marks?

IP: Logged

Patrick Vyvyan

Posts: 640
Registered: May 2003

posted 11-21-2003 06:44 PM

Silver below the sterling grade was never legal in the UK until a few years ago when the British hallmarking system was expanded to embrace the rest of Europe.

However, according to the Thomas Skipton company, the following marks were available in the 1980s for 800 silver made in the UK for export - but has anyone actually seen them on a piece of silver?

IP: Logged

All times are ET	next newest topic \| next oldest topic
Administrative Options: Close Topic \| Archive/Move \| Delete Topic
	Hop to:

Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.46a

^1. Public Silver Forums (open Free membership) - anyone with a valid e-mail address may register. Once you have received your Silver Salon Forum password, and then if you abide by the Silver Salon Forum Guidelines, you may start a thread or post a reply in the New Members' Forum. New Members who show a continued willingness to participate, to completely read and abide by the Guidelines will be allowed to post to the Member Public Forums.
Click here to Register for a Free password

^2. Private Silver Salon Forums (invitational or $ donation membership) - The Private Silver Salon Forums require registration and special authorization to view, search, start a thread or to post a reply. Special authorization can be obtained in one of several ways: by Invitation; Annual $ Donation; or via Special Limited Membership. For more details click here (under development).

^3. Administrative/Special Private Forums (special membership required) - These forums are reserved for special subjects or administrative discussion. These forums are not open to the public and require special authorization to view or post.

| Home | Order | The Guide to Evaluating Gold & Silver Objects | The Book of Silver