Padmavati Jewellers was founded in Kolhapur in 1971. Three generations of the same family have run the house, growing it from a single silversmith's bench into a manufacturing and wholesale business in silver across four purity standards: utensils, puja articles, fancy products, idols, Bangalore items and jewellery: with a sister wholesale showroom, Alliance Silver India.
Chapter I: Legacy
Three generations, one bench.
Businesses are built. Houses are inherited. What follows is the short version of a long apprenticeship: father to son, hand to hand, since 1971.
1971
The first bench
The house is founded in Kolhapur: one silversmith, one bench, and a promise: purity, always.
1980s
The second generation
Sons join the bench. The workshop grows from repair and commission work into steady manufacture of silver articles.
1990s
The workshop becomes a house
Casting, chasing and polishing come together under one roof. Dealers begin carrying Padmavati pieces beyond Kolhapur.
2024
Alliance Silver LLP
The family launches its sister concern, Alliance Silver LLP: a wholesale silver showroom, Classic to Contemporary.
Today
The third generation
New hands, same discipline. The house manufactures and wholesales across India: and still checks every piece before it leaves.
Purity
Four standards, each stated openly: ★ OP, RH100, ASL81, ASL925.
Patience
Nakshi work cannot be hurried. Neither can trust.
Family
The name on the door is the name that answers for the work.
The Mark
Why the house wears a rosette
Sixteen rays for the light of a lamp. An eight-ring guilloché for the generations: the hands that taught and the hands that learned. A single point at the centre: one family. The seal is pressed into everything the house stands behind.