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A distinct assay office mark showing an article was hallmarked on import.
Also known as: Imported goods mark, Foreign hallmark
The same offices use different mark shapes for imported goods. It shows the article was tested in Britain after arriving rather than being made here, which is information about origin rather than about quality.
A variant assay office mark struck on articles hallmarked in the United Kingdom after importation, using a different outline from the corresponding domestic mark.
United Kingdom · Contexts: Jewellery
Records where the article was tested rather than where it was made, and says nothing about quality: an imported article carrying a UK import hallmark has been assayed to the same standard as a domestic one.
A small assay office emblem struck inside an outline of a different shape from the domestic version of the same mark.