A couple of years ago, the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office pulled one of those April Fools jokes by posting on social media that it had to sell the iconic Assay Office building in Boise to ...

The 1870 U.S. Assay Office is Boise’s only National Landmark building. Provided by Arthur Hart The United States Assay Office at 210 Main St. in Boise (1870-71) is one of only three National Landmark ...

Work is due to begin on the redevelopment of Birmingham's historic Assay Office later this month, which will transform the grade II-listed building into apartments and a business hub. The work will be ...

TCN has gained planning consent for the redevelopment of the Assay Office building on Newhall Street in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. The project, designed by Glenn Howells Architects (GHA), is set ...

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A controversial move by Birmingham Assay Office to use its famous anchor mark abroad could be scuppered. In 2016, the office announced it was opening a new branch in India where jewellery could be ...

The government is to preserve hallmarking after nearly 6,000 people registered their support. The decision has been welcomed by the Birmingham Assay Office which has been handling items from all over ...

THE Birmingham Assay Office has submitted a planning application to create a new bespoke building in the Jewellery Quarter. Its Project gateway scheme has been 18 months in the design pipeline to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the year 1300, King Edward I had had enough. Rogue goldsmiths were fooling his subjects into buying fake or ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Graff Diamonds has become the first jewellery retailer in the UK to have an in-house assaying and hallmarking ...