The City’s own hallmarking hall held a fortnight-long fair for Britain’s independent goldsmiths and jewellers, vetted and sold under the roof that assays them.
The Goldsmiths’ Company held its 2026 fair for 138 makers at Goldsmiths’ Hall in the City of London from Tuesday 22 September to Sunday 4 October 2026.
The Company is one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of the City of London. It has tested precious metal since a statute of Edward I set the standard in 1300, and took its first royal charter in 1327.
The word hallmark comes from the practice of bringing work to this hall to be struck. The fair has been held in the building since 1983.
Makers are chosen by selection rather than by application fee, and their work is sold in the same rooms that assay it. Over four decades the fair has become the point at which private collectors and museums see the independent British trade in one place.
The 2026 fair ran as two weeks, 22 to 27 September and 29 September to 4 October, with the Monday between them closed. Each week carried a different set of makers.
Three exhibitors showed for the first time, and ten held the Company’s bursary for early-career makers.