Indian Silver during the Raj

A small collection of silver from India, all of it dating from the Raj Period, some of it made by local Indian silversmiths, some by British Colonials. The collection includes the work of Orr and Hamilton, as well as Oomersi Mawji, Dass & Dutt, and others, in the regions of Kutch (Cutch), Madras (Chennai), Lucknow, Calcutta (Kolkata), Kashmir, and Rajasthan.

Monday, August 8, 2011

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•   Kutch •   Kashmir •   Calcutta •   Madras •   Lucknow •   Other Regions •    Silversmiths' Design Drawings ...
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Harish K. Patel with Veronica J. McDavid
New York, NY, United States
Harish K. Patel has been collecting Indian classical art since 1988, but his silver collection has been assembling only since September 2009. It includes Indian-made silver and Colonial silver, from Calcutta, Kashmir, Kutch, Lucknow, and Madras. Veronica McDavid is a writer and editor specializing in finance and art. She has been collecting Indian and Colonial silver since 2000. The bloggers are grateful to Vidya Dehejia and to Wynyard Wilkinson for their research and work on the subject of Indian silver.
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