Indian Colonial Silver & Indian Subcontinent Trade Info

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DANABHAI & AMRATLAL MINAWALA

252-254, Sheikh Memon Street, Bombay, later, Zaveri Bazar, Mumbai


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Danabhai & Amratlal Minawala - Bombay - 1954

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Danabhai & Amratlal Minawala - Bombay - 1954


Established in 1931.

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Danabhai & Amratlal Minawala - Bombay - 1940's


Still in business today, now styled Danabhai Jewellers Since 1931 (1A, Ganga vihar, 55, Marine Drive, Mumbai).

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CAMPBELL & Co.

101, New China Bazar Street, Calcutta and Trichinopoly and Dindigul


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Campbell & Co. - Calcutta - 1874

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S.K. DUTT

34, Cornwallis Street, Calcutta


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S.K. Dutt - Calcutta - 1935

Established in 1917.

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CDs

India?


An example of the work and marks of the as yet to be identified 'CDs':

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CDS - Arm and hammer - SIL - SILVER

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CDS - Arm and hammer - SIL

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CDS - Arm and hammer - SIL - SILVER

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SASHIBHUSAN PRAVAPADA DE

College Street Market, Gharighar, Calcutta


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Sashibhusan Pravapada De - Calcutta - 1935

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MADELEY & COMPANY

Esplanade Row, later, Wellesley Place, Calcutta


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Madeley & Company - Calcutta - 1874


John Tidmarsh, of 3, Wellesley Place, in the town of Calcutta, Optician and Watchmaker, in the employment of the firm of Messrs. Madeley and Company, of the same place, Opticians and Jewellers, for an invention of "Ascertaining the sight of any person and selecting lenses, pebbles, and glasses of the proper focus for spectacles and eye-glasses, and called 'Tidmarsh's sight-measure.' "—Dated 29th May, 1875.

Source: The Commissioners of Patents' Journal - 10th September 1875

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CH. ABRECHT

Clive Building, 8, Clive Street, Calcutta


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CH. Abrecht - Calcutta - 1935

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TRIBHOVANDAS BHIMJI ZAVERI

241-243, Sheikh Memon Street, Bombay


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Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri - Bombay - 1954

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Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri - Bombay - 1954

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Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri - Bombay - 1958


Established in 1851.

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INDIA-AMERICAN COMPANY

Calcutta


India-American Company to Wind Up their Affairs

Providence, R. I, July 13.—At the January session of the General Assembly, 1894. there was chartered a corporation known as the India-American Company, with a capital stock of $25,000. The stock was all owned by manufacturers in this city, and Louis Lawton and Fred Brown, two young
men, went from this city to India to represent the company. The object of the corporation was to establish an import and export business. After an absence of more than a year Mr. Brown has returned, and it is stated that Mr. Lawton will soon arrive and the affairs of the company be wound up.

When the company began business a number of the manufacturers of this city and New York were to be represented, and several sent shipments of goods to Calcutta. The business at the Indian end, however, did not come up to expectations, and the amount of capital invested was not sufficient to enable the company to continue. A large number of agencies were established, with headquarters at Calcutta, but it was soon found that the scheme would tie up a large amount of money, because of the time required to get the invoices from this country to India and convert the merchandise into cash.

Among those who took hold of the matter at its inception were several manufacturing jewelers, among whom were C. G. Bloomer & Son (The Aluminum Novelty Co.), Kent & Stanley Co., O. C. Devereux & Co., Parks Bros. & Rogers, Brown & Dean, of this city, and L. E. Waterman, fountain pens, New York,


Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 17th July 1895

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THE MONSOON GRAND NATIONAL CUP


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CALCUTTA 16th AUGUST 1881

THE MONSOON GRAND NATIONAL

WON BY

MR TRAILL'S

'DI VERNON'


The Monsoon Grand National Cup was made by Hamilton & Co. of Calcutta:

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H&Co.

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J. WICKRAMANAYAKA & Co.

Kalutara, Colombo, Ceylon


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J. Wickramanayaka & Co. - Colombo - 1907

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R.N. MATTHEWSON

No. 1, Calcutta


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R.N. Matthewson - Calcutta - 1881

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R.N. Matthewson - Calcutta - 1881

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WILSON WATCH DEPOT - WILSON WATCH COMPANY

Empire Building, Hornby Road, Bombay


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Wilson Watch Depot - Bombay - 1931

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Wilson Watch Company - Bombay - 1948

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POHOOMULL BROTHERS

Apollo Bunder, Bombay


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Pohoomull Bros. - Bombay - 1931

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WARNER BROTHERS

Delhi


Examples of the work and marks of Warner Brothers of Delhi:

Silver bowls:

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Silver bowl:

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Decanter label:

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Teaspoon:

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See: https://www.925-1000.com/AngloIndian_02.html#M

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NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY REGIMENT

An unmarked but very likely Indian-made napkin-ring for the North Western Railway Regiment:

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T.C. ADDY & Co.

22, Mohan Bagan Lane, Calcutta


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T.C. Addy & Co. - Calcutta - 1939

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RECORD WATCH Co.

Elphinstone Street, Saddar, Karachi


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SILVER - SILVER

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FAVRE LEUBA & Co. Ltd.

Bombay and Calcutta


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Favre Leuba & Co. Ltd. - Bombay and Calcutta - 1931

See: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=28477&p=191618#p191618

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B. SIRKAR & SONS.

Guinea House, 131, Bowbazar Street, Calcutta


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B. Sirkar & Sons - Calcutta - 1935

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