Commemorative design is first item hallmarked at The WB Group's Sub-Assay Office
A commemorative platinum and diamond pendant designed by Manoj Parmar was the first piece of jewellery to be hallmarked at The WB Group’s recently opened Sub-Assay Office.
The piece, which won an in-house design competition for staff, will be kept in the group’s archive as a souvenir of the occasion. Designs from three runners-up will also feature.
The pieces were designed in response to a brief asking for jewellery designs that would commemorate the opening of the Sub-Assay Office while also representing the growth of The WB Group and its on-going development.
Manoj, a sales administrator for Domino (one of the two companys, which with its sister company Weston Beamor comprise The WB Group), based his winning pendant design on the anchor hallmark of the Birmingham Assay Office. The diamond-set ribbon wrapped around the anchor represents the close and ongoing relationship that binds The WB Group to The Birmingham Assay Office, which will staff and operate the sub-office from the group’s premises in the heart of Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.
Domino sales director Andrew Sollitt said: “We wanted all our staff to be involved in this exciting new initiative so we threw a competition open to the entire workforce asking them to come up with a commemorative piece, and were absolutely delighted with the results.”
Manoj during the manufacture of his winning design
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