Our catalogue > Colonial Indian & Burmese Silver
Silver objects started to be made in significant quantities in India for the local colonial and European export markets from the late 18th century. The decoration became increasingly unmistakably Indian, even if the forms remained identifiably European, as the 19th century progressed. The main centres for this output were Bombay, Calcutta, Kutch, Kashmir and Madras. Sri Lanka was another source for South Asian silver.
Each item of colonial Indian silver shown here is for sale.
We also have a separate page for Mughal Silver – which tended to be made for the local, northern Indian market with form and decoration in keeping with the Islamic-Mughal aesthetic.
Each of our pieces here has been sourced from within the UK, typically from old, private collections, and Indian silver items from us are now to be found in museums around the world.
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Enquiry about object: 8752
Pair of Kutch Indian Silver Cormorant Rosewater Sprinklers
Kutch, India circa 1890
height: 29.5cm, width 7.8cm, combined weight: 574g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8745
Indian Khandoba’s or Aiyanar’s Horse in Silver
South India 17th-18th century
height: 13.2cm, length: 10.8cm, width: 4cm, weight: 148g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8840
Sri Lankan Silver Box Shaped as the King of Kandy’s Crown
Kandy, Sri Lanka early 20th century
width: 13.5cm, height: 9.7cm, weight: 284g
Provenance
from the collection of Sir Christopher Ondaatje, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8748
Burmese Gilded Silver Bowl
Burma circa 1910
height: 10.7cm, width: approximately 11.5cm, weight: 371g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8723
Indian Gold and White Sapphire Necklace
India, probably Uttar Pradesh late 19th century
circumference: maximum 80cm, length of gold boxes: approximately 3.1cm, weight: 90g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8588
Burmese Silver Bowl with Mahajanaka Jataka Scenes
Burma (Myanmar) early 20th century
width: approximately 17.5cm, height: 10cm, weight: 608g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8465
Large Indian Poona Silver Bowl
Poona, India circa 1880
width: approximately 26cm, height: 15.5cm, weight: 1,310g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8717
Fine & Intricate Burmese Silver Bowl
Burma (Myanmar) circa 1870
width: approximately 18.5cm, height: approximately 10cm, weight: 476g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8639
Colonial Indian Silver Cup by Pittar & Co.
Calcutta, India 1831-1848
height: 11.5cm, width: 8.5cm, depth (including handle): 11.4cm, weight: 265g
Provenance
private collection, England
Enquiry about object: 8485
Burmese Silver Model of a Stupa or Pagoda
Burma late 19th century
height: 32.3cm, width: 18.1cm, weight (with stand): 1,184g, weight of silver: 270g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8972
Indo-Portuguese Bezoar Stone with Silver Mounts & Chain
India, probably Goa, & possibly Ottoman Turkey circa 1700
overall length: 10.1cm, width of stone: 2.9cm, weight: 11g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6997
Unusual Kashmir Silver Cobra Candlesticks
Kashmir, India circa 1880
width: 7cm, height: 18.1cm, combined weight: 354g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6576
Fine, Burmese Repoussed Silver Bowl
Burma circa 1890
width: approximately 23cm, height: approximately 14.5cm, weight: 1,153g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7198
Indo-Portuguese Parcel-Gilt Silver Bezoar Stone Box
West India, probably Gujarat or Goa circa 1700
height: 6cm, diameter: 4.5cm, weight: 45g
Enquiry about object: 7034
Large Repousse & Enamelled Silver Shiva Mask
Maharashtra or Karnataka, India 18th-19th century
height: 43cm, width: 19.5cm, weight: 1,009g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 6905
North Indian Silver Rosewater Sprinkler
Northern India 19th century
height: 31.1cm, width: 8.8cm, depth: 7cm, weight: 249g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6846
Parsi Ritual Silver Ses or Sace Cone (Soparo)
Northern India dated 1933
diameter: 17.3cm, height: 34.5cm, weight: 787g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6996
Kashmir Tall Silver Flask
Colonial Silver Kashmir Indian Flask circa 1870
diameter: approximately 14cm, height: 30.2cm, weight: 518g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6728
Historically Important Colonial Silver Standing Cup Relating to the British Conquest of Java, 1811, Inscribed & Dated
colonial silversmith either in India, probably Calcutta, or Batavia, East Indies. circa 1810
height: approximately 55cm, width: 38.5cm, depth: 26cm, weight: 5,550g
Provenance
Collection of Julian Sands (UK); previously sold at Sotheby's London, 1991.
Enquiry about object: 5254
Colonial Indian Silver Mug
India, probably Calcutta circa 1840
height: 9.2cm, weight: 172g
Provenance
private collection, Channel Islands.
Enquiry about object: 6724
Unusual Indian Silver Fish Rosewater Sprinkler
Northern India 19th century
length: approximately 23cm, height: 16.7cm, depth: 6.7cm, weight: 492g
Provenance
Collection of Julian Sands, UK.
Enquiry about object: 6582
Colonial Indian Silver Marrow Spoon or Scoop by Hamilton & Co.
Calcutta, India circa 1820
length: 25.5g, weight: 76g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6577
Fine, Burmese Silver Bowl with Scenes from the Vessantara Jataka
Burma (Myanmar) circa 1880
diameter: 18cm, weight: 595g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6461
Colonial Indian Fine, Engraved Silver Goblet
Lucknow, India circa 1880
diameter: 7.1cm, height: 14.9cm, weight: 204g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6139
Colonial Silver-Mounted Coconut Cup
probably Colonial Sri Lanka 18th century
height: 12cm, diameter: 11cm weight: 167g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6015
Colonial Indian Silver Mug by Hamilton & Co.
Calcutta, India circa 1850
height: 12.5cm, diameter of mouth: 8cm, weight: 242g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5867
Kashmiri Kashkul-form Chased Silver Bowl, Inscribed & dated ‘Gulmarg, 1902’
Kashmir, India dated 1902
length: 28.6cm, height: 17.8cm, width: 14.3cm, weight: 520g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6118
Burmese Repoussed & Engraved Silver Octagonal Dish
Burma circa 1910
diameter: 18cm, weight: 290g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6014
Small Chased & Repoussed Burmese Silver Bowl
Burma late 19th century
height: 8cm, diameter: 8.3cm, weight: 140g
Provenance
private collection, England
Enquiry about object: 2025
Superb Three-Piece Indian Silver Tea Set
Kutch or Karachi, India circa 1900
height of teapot: 16.3cm, width of teapot: 22cm, weight of teapot: 684g, combined weight: 1,613g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3656
Pair of Indian Heron-Shaped Silver Rosewater Sprinklers
India circa 1900
heights: 22.5cm, combined weights: 523g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3099
Colonial Indian Chinese-Style Silver Tray
Karachi, India/Pakistan circa 1910
length: 38.8cm, width: 24cm, weight: 615g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2926
Indian Kutch Chased Silver Arabian Dallah-style Coffee Pot
Kutch, India circa 1870
height: 22.8cm, weight: 641g
Provenance
from an important, private UK collection.
Enquiry about object: 2931
Colonial Indian Trichinopoly Silver 24-Piece Cutlery Set
Trichinopoly, South India & London circa 1870
length of knife: 22cm, length of fork: 18cm, typical weight of one fork: 63g, typical weight of one knife: 73g, length of box: 31.5cm, width of box: 26.4cm, thickness of box: 7.7cm
Provenance
private UK collection
Enquiry about object: 2929
Set of Eight Tea Cups & Saucers by J. Manikrai & Sons
Karachi, India/Pakistan circa 1910
diameter of each saucer: 13.2cm, height of teacup: 7.3cm; combined weight: 2,049g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 2927
Indian Kutch Ceremonial Silver Trowel
Kutch, India dated 1877
length: 29.5cm, weight: 287g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 2928
Indian Kutch Ceremonial Silver Trowel
Kutch, India dated 1874
length: 25.3cm, weight: 215g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6389
Rare, Indo-Portuguese Ceremonial Gilded Silver Filigree Flower Basket
Indo-Portuguese Goa, India second half of the 17th century
height: 10.2cm, diameter: 6.6cm, weight: 136g
Provenance
previously in a private house, Bangkok, Thailand
Enquiry about object: 6286
Chased & Repoussed Burmese Silver Bowl
Burma (Myanmar) circa 1880
diameter: 15cm, height: 9.4cm, weight: 343g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2212
The Calcutta Memento Cup by Dass & Dutt
Calcutta, India circa 1870
height: 44cm, weight: 1,464g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2222
Indian Three-Piece Silver Tea Set in the Form of Ducks
India circa 1890
length of teapot: 21.5cm, height: 16.5cm, weight of teapot: 646g, weight (combined): 1,244g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6454
Fine, Sri Lankan Silver Box Decorated with Bherunda Motifs
Kandy, Sri Lanka circa 1890
length: 21.2cm, width: 10.5cm, height: 8.5cm, weight: 530g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1843
Colonial Indian Silver Brandy Warmer by Lattey Brothers & Co.
Calcutta, India 1843-1855
length: 19cm, weight: 254g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1714
Rare Colonial Indian Carved Croquet Mallet with Chased Silver Mounts
Bombay, India 19th century
length: 86cm, width of head: 14.8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1711
Indian Parsee (Parsi) Engraved Silver Tray
Parsee Community, Bombay, India circa 1900
length: 22.7cm, width: 12.8cm, weight: 227g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2214
Regimental Indian Silver Table Lighter by Hamilton & Co.
33rd Duke of Wellington Regiment, India dated 1873
height: 13cm, width: 15.5cm, weight: 392g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4240
Chased Silver Lidded Box with Gujarati Inscription
India 18th-19th century
length: 11.9cm, height: 6cm, width: 8.5cm, weight: 332g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5135
Four Parsi Zoroastrian Ritual Objects in High-Grade Silver
Parsi (Parsee) People, Bombay, India 19th century
height of sprinkler: 24cm, diameter of incense tray: 7.2cm, combined weight of silver: 258g
Provenance
from a Parsi family, originally from Bombay, and now based in northern England.
Enquiry about object: 5136
Parsi Large, Inscribed, High-Grade Silver Zoroastrian Ritual Ses Tray
Parsi (Parsee) People, India, probably Bombay 19th century
diameter: 35.3cm, weight: 956g
Provenance
from a Parsi family, originally from Bombay, and now based in northern England.
Enquiry about object: 4245
Dutch Colonial Chased, Oblong Silver Box
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
length: 14.3cm, width: 7.8cm, height: 3.8cm, weight: 228g
Provenance
UK art market