Sell Your Silver in Chester

Chester was an English assay town for centuries, hallmarking silver until the office closed in 1962. Its distinctive town mark — three wheatsheaves and a sword, from the city's arms — makes Chester silver instantly recognisable and popular with collectors, and much of the silver of the North West and North Wales was assayed here. If you've inherited a christening mug, a tea service, a canteen of cutlery or antique silver of any kind, Mozeris Fine Antiques will value and buy it: free insured courier from any Chester address, instant valuations and same-day payment.

We're a family-run firm of antique and precious-metal specialists who read hallmarks for a living, including the much-loved Chester marks. Most of our sellers handle the whole sale from home — we collect by fully-insured, tracked courier at no cost, verify your silver at our office, and pay the same day. For larger collections we offer by-appointment valuations.

We Buy Silver From Chester and Across the UK

We buy all genuine silver: sterling and Britannia standard, antique and modern, English and continental. That includes tea and coffee services, trays and salvers, candlesticks and candelabra, canteens of cutlery and individual flatware, christening mugs and presentation pieces, sauce boats, entrée dishes, cigarette and vesta cases, photograph frames and small collectables, plus silver coins and scrap. Chester assayed huge quantities of small silver and giftware in its later years, much of it very collectable today; genuine Chester pieces can carry premiums, so never sell good silver as scrap without a specialist opinion.

Understanding the Chester Hallmark

Chester's town mark is three wheatsheaves with an upright sword (in later years sometimes shown as a shield with the wheatsheaves and a single dagger). Alongside it you'll find the lion passant for sterling, a date letter and the maker's mark. Because the office closed in 1962, Chester silver has a clearly defined date range, and correct reading of the mark sets the period, maker and value precisely. Send clear photos of the marks and we'll identify the office, year, maker and standard before quoting.

Selling Silver in Chester — How It Works

1. Send us photos of your silver and its hallmarks through our online valuation form.
2. We email an instant indicative price, usually within one working day.
3. If you accept, we book a free insured courier collection from your Chester address.
4. Your silver is independently checked and weighed at our office.
5. We make a firm offer; on acceptance you're paid by same-day bank transfer.