Gold Plating in Alton
Faded jewellery, tired door furniture, a watch that has lost its colour. We replate it in genuine gold at our Aldershot workshop, twenty minutes down the A31, and get it back to you inside the week.
Alton is a Hampshire market town where a great deal of what we plate arrives with a story attached — Georgian door furniture from the older properties off the High Street, inherited jewellery, and pieces picked up through the town's antiques trade. Our workshop sits about 20 minutes down the A31, so Alton items are usually collected, plated and back with their owner inside the week rather than disappearing into a nationwide postal queue.
Neighbouring areas
Four Marks, Medstead, Bentley, Holybourne and Chawton
Distance from workshop
about 20 minutes
Old Pieces Need Assessing Before They Need Plating
Much of what arrives from Alton is old, inherited or bought through the town's antiques trade, and not all of it should go straight into a plating tank. Some pieces want cleaning and polishing more than they want gold; some have a base metal that needs a different preparation. We check first and tell you which yours is, before you have paid anything.
Gold plating questions, answered.
Everything you need to know about gold plating, including costs, durability, processes, and what to expect. These answers are based on real industry standards to help you make confident decisions before plating your items.
Do you plate silverware and cutlery from house clearances around Alton?
Yes, and a good deal of what reaches us through the Alton antiques trade is exactly that. Serving pieces, candlesticks, trays and canteens are plated together so the colour matches across the whole set. Tell us if a piece is used for eating rather than display, because that changes the finish we recommend.
Will replating cover the hallmark on an inherited piece?
No. The deposit is measured in microns, so a struck hallmark stays legible underneath it. If a mark is already worn shallow from years of handling we will say so at assessment, because polishing is the stage where fine detail is lost, not the plating itself.
Can you match the gold on a set of Alton door furniture?
Yes. Handles, hinges, escutcheons and finger plates are plated together as one batch so the whole set comes back the same colour. Send one piece for assessment if you want to see the finish before committing the rest.
Do you collect gold plating items from Alton?
Yes. Alton is roughly 20 minutes from our Aldershot workshop, so we can arrange collection and return for larger items such as light fittings, door hardware and furniture. Smaller pieces can be sent by insured DPD or UPS delivery, usually reaching us the next working day.
We work with independent jewellers, antique restorers and furniture makers around Alton who need a plater that can turn round a small batch to a consistent colour, then repeat that exact finish six months later on the next run.
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We proudly serve customers across the entire UK from major cities to rural villages. No matter where you’re based, our secure postal service makes it easy to send your items to us and receive them back plated to perfection.
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