Indian Colonial Silver Marks II - Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks

Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks

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British Colonial Silver Marks ~ India

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Makers' Marks C - H ✵ L - W
	Indian Colonial Silver Marks In 1615, the British East India Company first gained a foothold in India, by the end of the 18th century they either ruled or held sway over the majority of lands on the Indian subcontinent. At this point, the British community; administrators, military men, traders and their employees, had swelled to the extent that it became lucrative for British born silversmiths to set up shop in the major cities of the colony. Some failed, others thrived to the point where they remained in business decades after India achieved its independence from the British Raj in 1947.

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• Much of the above information is derived from "The Makers of Indian Colonial Silver" by Wynyard Wilkinson (pub. 1987)
Firm	Maker's Mark	Location & Period	Comments
Lattey Brothers & Co. 10 Government Place		Calcutta 1842-1855	R. J. Lattey, A. P. Lattey, D. Lattey and Joseph Hayes succeeded by Allan & Hayes
John Mair (1759-1815)		Calcutta 1789-1796	Jeweler, silversmith & medalist. In 1793, Mair cut the dies and struck approx. 7,000 gold & silver medals awarded by the East India Company to British troops for service in the Mysore Campaign.
Oomersee Mawjee & Sons		Bhuj, Kutch c.1860-1930's	.
Peter Nicholas Orr (1803-1887) Mount Road		Madras c.1851-1860	A partner in George Gordon & Co. from 1843-1848 Set up own shop c.1851 1854 became P. Orr & Co. Succeeded by P. Orr & Sons, the firm continued the use of the "Orr" mark.
P. Orr & Sons Mount Road		Madras 1860-1987	Mark used 1860-c.1900
Pittar & Co. 9 Old Court House St.		Calcutta 1825-1848	Parke Pittar I, Isaac Pittar and (probably) Robert Hamilton. Succeeded by Charles, Nephew & Co.
Hippolitus Poignand (1761-1805) 1793 - Mr. Charles' Europe Shop 1794 - 13 Bankshall St. 1798 - 4 Tank Square 1800 - 51 Theatre St. 1805 - 191 Lall Bazar		Calcutta 1793-1805	.
Twentyman & Co. 3 Tank Square 3 Hare Street		Calcutta 1818-1829	William Henry Twentyman & George Havell Homser
Warner Brothers		Delhi c.1920s	.
William Augustus Woolaston (Wollaston) Lall Bazar		Calcutta 1823-? (died 1839)	Woolaston entered the retail china & glass trade in 1825, he may or may not have continued with silver.