Free guides to British antiques
Know what you're holding.
Paul Storr, hot water jug, London 1807. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, open access.
Plain guides to the marks, makers and prices behind the things people inherit, find and collect. Written from auction records, and free to read.
A silver hallmark has four parts. Read them in this order:
I have a piece. Where do I start?
Read a markSilver carries small stamped marks. Pick the ones you can see and the tool tells you the metal, the town, the year and the maker.Open the hallmark tool →
Look up what I haveEach category has its own guides and recent sale prices.
See what soldRecent auction prices, with the estimate the saleroom gave beforehand. The evidence every guide is written from.See recent sale prices →