Jewellery quarter
Jewellery Quarter
Birmingham, United Kingdom
A historic quarter of workshops just north of Birmingham city centre that has made jewellery for more than 250 years. Hundreds of jewellers still work here, alongside the Birmingham Assay Office and the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter.
Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, just north-west of the city centre, has made jewellery for more than 250 years. In the 19th century its workshops produced much of the jewellery sold in Britain and across the Empire; today it remains the largest concentration of jewellery businesses in the UK, with hundreds of jewellers among its Georgian and Victorian buildings.
What you find
Bench jewellers, setters, engravers, casters and repairers; jewellery shops, especially for engagement and wedding rings; the Birmingham Assay Office, one of the UK's four assay offices, whose anchor mark appears on millions of pieces; the School of Jewellery (Birmingham City University); and the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, a workshop preserved as it was left in 1981.
How it works
Retail shops sell to the public, and many workshops take commissions. Trade suppliers of tools, metals and findings serve jewellers from across the country.
Tips
- Jewellery Quarter station (trains and trams) is in the middle of the district.
- In the UK, precious-metal articles above minimum weights must be hallmarked; look for the assay office mark.
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