Silver Mens Gifts Site Help & Video Library

1. Silver Mens Gifts Video - Silver Collar Stiffeners

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2. Silver Mens Gifts Video - Silver Money Clip

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3. Silver Mens Gifts Video - Silver Oval Key Ring

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4. Silver Mens Gifts Video - Silver Oblong Cufflinks

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5. Silver Mens Gifts Video - Silver Pill Box

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6. Silver Mens Gifts Video - Silver Credit Card Case

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7. Silver Mens Gifts Video - Silver Paper Knife

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8. Silver Mens Gifts Video - Silver Back Scratcher

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9. The Silver Rooms Limited - The Company

We have been in this business a long time providing Sterling Silver Products to a wide range of people. You can contact us with our freephone number 0800 8620438 or you can buy online using our secure e-commerce website. The majority of products on our website are:

• Sterling Silver & Britannia Silver: The Silver Rooms Limited
• Freephone Number: 0800 8620438
• Email: sales@silverrooms.co.uk
• Ecommerce Website: www.silverrooms.co.uk
• Operating Address: The Silver Room Limited, Valley Road Barlow, Derbyshire, S18 7SN, England
• Registered Office: Rutland Lodge, Valley Road Barlow, Derbyshire, S18 7SN, England
• Company Registered in England: Number 06810521

A very small number of our products are Silver Plated, though all of our products are clearly marked on the site if they are Hallmarked or not. The place of Hallmark is also part of the authentication process. We are passionate about Quality and Service and are here to you select the right product for you and your usage. We specialise in the supply of the highest quality Silver Products. If you found our website by entering the Sterling Silver keywords then we are definitely for you.

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10. What is Sterling Silver?

Sterling Silver is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% by weight of silver and 7.5% by weight of other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of 925. We sell the finest Sterling Silver Products using this website or you can Freephone us on 0800 8620438 to process your enquiry.

Fine silver (99.9% pure) is generally too soft for producing large functional objects; therefore, the silver is usually alloyed with copper to give it strength, while at the same time preserving the ductility and beauty of the precious metal. Other metals can replace the copper, usually with the intent to improve various properties of the basic sterling alloy such as reducing casting porosity, eliminating firescale, and increasing resistance to tarnish. These replacement metals include germanium, zinc and platinum, as well as a variety of other additives, including silicon and boron. A number of alloys, such as Argentium sterling silver have appeared in recent years, formulated to lessen firescale or to inhibit tarnish, and this has sparked heavy competition among the various manufacturers, who are rushing to make claims of having the best formulation. However, no one alloy has emerged to replace copper as the industry standard, and alloy development is a very active area.

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11. What is a Hallmark?

A hallmark is an official mark or series of marks struck on items made of precious metals - platinum, gold, silver and in some nations, palladium. In a more general sense, the term hallmark can also be used refer to any distinguishing characteristic or trait. We sell the finest Hallmarked Sterling Silver Products using this website or you can Freephone us on 0800 8620438 to process your enquiry.

The purpose of hallmark application is threefold:

• To indicate the purity of the silver alloy used in the manufacture or hand-crafting of the piece.
• To identify the silversmith or company that made the piece.
• To note the date and/or location of the manufacture.

In the modern world, in an attempt at standardising the legislation on the inspection of precious metals and to facilitate international trade, in 1973 a core group of European nations signed the Vienna Convention on the control of the fineness and the hallmarking of precious metal objects. Those articles, which are assayed and found to be in conformity by the qualifying office of a signatory country, receive a mark, known as the Common Control Mark (CCM), attesting to the material's fineness. The multi-tiered motif of the CCM is the balance scales, superimposed, for gold, on two intersecting circles; for platinum, a diamond shape and for silver a mark in the shape of the Latin letter "M".

This mark is recognised in all the other contracting States, including: Austria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine (see links below). Other nations monitor the activities of the Convention and may apply for membership.

UK Hallmarking legislation
The Hallmarking Act 1973 made Britain a member of the Vienna Convention as well as introducing marking for platinum, a recognised metal under the Convention. All four remaining assay offices finally adopted the same date letter sequences. The latest changes in 1999 were made to the UK hallmarking system to bring the system closer into line with the European Union (EU). As it now stands, the compulsory part of the UK hallmark consists of the sponsor or maker's mark, the assay office mark, and the standard of fineness (in this case silver, 925 parts in 1000). Historically, hallmarks were applied by a trusted party: the 'guardians of the craft' or nowadays by an assay office. Hallmarks are a guarantee of certain purity or fineness of the metal as determined by formal metal (assay) testing.

Hallmark Punching
Traditionally, the hallmarks are 'struck' using steel punches. Punches are made in different sizes, suitable for tiny pieces of jewellery to large silver platters. Punches are made in straight shank or ring shank, the former for normal punching with a hammer and the latter used with a press to mark rings. The problem with traditional punching is that the process of punching displaces metal, causing some distortion of the article being marked. This means that re-finishing of the article is required after hallmarking. For this reason, and that off-cuts from sprues are often used for assay, many articles are sent unfinished to the assay office for assay and hallmarking.

Sterling Silver is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% by weight of silver and 7.5% by weight of other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of 925. We sell the finest Sterling Silver Products using this website or you can Freephone us on 0800 8620438 to process your enquiry.

Fine silver (99.9% pure) is generally too soft for producing large functional objects; therefore, the silver is usually alloyed with copper to give it strength, while at the same time preserving the ductility and beauty of the precious metal. Other metals can replace the copper, usually with the intent to improve various properties of the basic sterling alloy such as reducing casting porosity, eliminating firescale, and increasing resistance to tarnish. These replacement metals include germanium, zinc and platinum, as well as a variety of other additives, including silicon and boron. A number of alloys, such as Argentium sterling silver have appeared in recent years, formulated to lessen firescale or to inhibit tarnish, and this has sparked heavy competition among the various manufacturers, who are rushing to make claims of having the best formulation. However, no one alloy has emerged to replace copper as the industry standard, and alloy development is a very active area.

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