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Diamond – April Birthstone
60th and 75th Wedding Anniversary Gift Diamond The hardest known substance to man. Right at the top of Mohs’ scale of hardness at 10. There

Sapphire – September Birthstone
45th Wedding Anniversary Gift Sapphire. A member of the corundum family. The red variety is called Ruby and all other colours are Sapphire, their name

Pearl – June Birthstone
30th Wedding Anniversary Gift Pearls are an organic gem material. They form inside oysters (saltwater pearls) or mussels (freshwater pearls) There are three types of

History of Hallmarks
Hallmarking is the oldest form of consumer protection and has been in existence since the end of the 12th Century. Unfortunately names registered before the end of the 17th Century cannot be identified because a fire destroyed the London Assay Office in 1861. Below follows a summary of the main changes to hallmarking through the ages.




