Sell Your Silver in Edinburgh

Edinburgh is one of Britain's great silver cities, with a hallmarking tradition stretching back to the 15th century. The Incorporation of Goldsmiths of the City of Edinburgh used a triple-towered castle as its town mark, and Scottish silver — quaichs, tankards, tea services, and the distinctive flatware of the New Town's Georgian houses — is prized by collectors today. If you've inherited Scottish or any other silver, Mozeris Fine Antiques will value and buy it: free insured courier from any Edinburgh 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 Scottish marks that high-street buyers often misjudge. Most of our Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh and Across the UK

We buy all genuine silver: sterling and Britannia standard, antique and modern, Scottish, English and continental. That includes tea and coffee services, trays and salvers, candlesticks and candelabra, canteens of cutlery and individual flatware, quaichs, christening mugs and presentation pieces, sauce boats, entrée dishes, cigarette and vesta cases, photograph frames, and small collectables, plus silver coins and scrap. Scottish provincial and Edinburgh-marked pieces, and anything by noted Scottish makers, can command strong collector premiums — so never sell good Scottish silver as scrap without a specialist opinion.

Understanding Edinburgh's Hallmarks

Edinburgh silver carries its own distinctive marks. The town mark is the three-towered castle; from 1759 the thistle was used as the standard mark, replaced in 1975 by the lion rampant. Alongside these you'll find a date letter and the maker's mark, and on earlier pieces an assay master's mark or duty mark. Scottish provincial towns such as Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness used their own marks too. Reading these correctly is essential to an accurate offer — send clear photos of the marks and we'll identify the office, year, maker and standard before quoting.

Selling Silver in Edinburgh — 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 Edinburgh 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.