Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks
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| Firm | Maker's Mark | Location & Period | Comments |
| Charles, Nephew & Co.
9 Old Court House St. |
| Calcutta 1848-1870 Simla 1866-1870 | Charles John Pittar, Parke Pittar Jr. and Thomas Powell. Retailing silversmiths, jewelers and watchmakers.
Successors to Pittar & Co. |
| Cooke & Kelvey (Robert Thomas Cooke & Charles Kelvey) Old Court House St. | ![]() ![]()
| Calcutta founded 1857 | c.1900, J. E. Calthrup & William Hill are noted as partners. The firm also had branches in London & Simla, currently active in Delhi. Indian owned since 1946 |
| James Cox Popham's Broadway Esplanade (after 1822) |
| Madras 1801-1844 | 1806-1812 Johnson & Cox 1822 Cox, Johnson & Monin 1823-1825 Cox & Monin |
| Cropley & Co. Old Court House St. |
| Calcutta 1819-1825 | James Pembroke Cropley, Thomas Thompson and/or Charles Dolton may have been partners. |
| C. Co. Ltd |
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| Francis Dormieux & Co. 51 Theatre St. |
| Calcutta 1815-1821 | Francis Dormieux & Francis Vrignon. Successors to John Hunt & Co. |
| Gordon & Lovell North Gate St. |
| Madras 1803-1807 | George Gordon I, Francis Lovell & Robert Gordon II |
| George Gordon & Co. 18 Popham's Broadway | ![]() ![]()
| Madras 1821-1845 | Founded by George Gordon II, Robert Gordon III, John Law & Andrew Barron |
| George Gordon & Co. with Peter & Alexander Orr 18 Popham's Broadway | ![]() | Madras 1845-1848 | Succeeded by Phillips & Co. |
| Hamilton & Co. 8 Old Court House St. | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
| Calcutta 1811-1971 | Robert Hamilton, Henry Glazbrook & James Glazbrook. Although his name was kept, Hamilton left the partnership in 1817. The firm went through an extraordinary fifteen more partner changes over the ensuing fifty years. Later branches in Bombay & Simla |
| John Hunt & Co. 51 Theatre St. |
| Calcutta 1808-1815 | John Hunt & Thomas Thompson. TT was replaced by Charles Dolton in 1812. Succeeded by Dormieux & Co. |
| 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. |
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