I need to have a very old silver item valued and have been told I need a silversmiths to do it properly.

Does anyone know of any in Sheffield?

Moon Maiden

cant u go to any jewllery shop?
:/

according to the peeps in sheffield who put the hallmarks on jewllery and the like now - it has to be a proper valuers.

I think it may be because of it being old silver and having proper markings on it as opposed to the now common 925 stamp. It would probably not be valued accurately at a jewellers and we do believe the item is worth quite a bit both for the metal and for it's history.

Moon

Aren't there supposed to be only 40 odd Silversmiths left in the country - good luck :)

EDIT: Just had a quick search, dunno if this is any good

DB Silversmiths
9, Berners Close Sheefield
Sheffield South Yorkshire
S2 2AY

Tel: 07901 854054

and no it wasn't me who spelt Sheefield like that :)

If you cant find a silversmith one of the auction houses may be able to help.

A E Dowse & Son (http://www.aedowseandson.co.uk/index.htm)

ELR Auctions Limited (http://www.invaluable.com/elr/)

They offer a valuation service.

You could always contact the Sheffield Assay Office - see http://www.assayoffice.co.uk/index.htm - sure they could help you....