Material

silver of 916/1000 (mainly silver and zinc alloy) or 925/000 (sterling standard)

Origin

Calcutta

Period

1945 o 1970

Silversmith

H & Co Ld. for Hamilton & Company Limited

Model

Crafting method

Mainly hand made

Dimension

 Height:  7.5 cm; dimension 12.7 x 7 cm

Weight

87 g

Note

This sauce boat was made in Calcutta (India) by Hamilton & Company, which was established by Robert Hamilton and others at the beginning of XIX century. Due to the fact that the British regulation on hallmarking was not in force in the British Colonies, immigrated silversmiths were use to mark the silverware with their trade mark and a series of pseudo-hallmarks similar to those used in England and Scotland for sterling silver (see British Colonial hallmaks).

Marks, struck in line on the body: H & Co Ltd. (trade mark of Hamilton & Company Limited); an elephant, a roman capital I (date letter for 1945 or 1970) and the word "silver" (see Hamilton & Company hallmarks).

The sauce boat is of very good gauge and mainly hand made. It is not clear if at the date of crafting of this salver, silversmiths working in India were using the former alloy of 916/1000 purity or the sterling standard like in the U.K..

The sauce boat has a plane and elegant style, with classic shape, handle and feet.

The overall condition is very good.