AN ASSEMBED INDIAN COLONIAL SILVER DINNER SERVICE

MARK OF HAMILTON & CO., CALCUTTA, 19TH CENTURY

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AN ASSEMBED INDIAN COLONIAL SILVER DINNER SERVICE
MARK OF HAMILTON & CO., CALCUTTA, 19TH CENTURY
All with borders of flowers flanked by foliage, the vegetable dish covers with slip-lock finials cast to match, all on four leaf-capped scroll supports and with reeded loop handles springing from leaves, comprising:
One larger meat dish and domed cover
One smaller meat dish and domed cover
Two oval vegetable dishes, covers, and stands
Two circular vegetable dishes, covers, and stands
Two sauce boats and covers
marked on undersides and variously numbered
18 5/8 in. (87.2 cm.) long, the larger meat dish; 13 in. (33 cm.) long, over handles, the oval vegetable dishes
699 oz. 2 dwt. (21,742 gr.)

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Lot Essay

Hamilton & Co. was founded as a Jewelry and Silversmith shop in Calcutta, now known as Kolkata, in 1808 by British immigrant Robert Hamilton (1772-1848) under a license from the East Indian Company. the firm expanded in 1811 with the addition of two business partners, Henry and James Glazbrook, and was one of the most well-known and celebrated British silversmiths operating in India at the time. Following the departure of Hamilton in 1817, the firm continued under the name Hamilton & Co. with various partners, and with branches opened over the years in Bombay, now known as Mumbai, Delhi, and Simla, until the firm closed its doors in 1975.

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