Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 25 - Argentum 3 Nov 2018
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Commemorative Medals, India, Calcutta, Mr Ardwise's Seminary, established 1849, 6 pointed silver star, 1876, unnamed, bees around hive, floral points to star, rev. AWARDED TO, 69.5mm (Pudd 849.1.2, listed as a nine pointed star; cf 849.1.1 and 849.3, named to Calcutta Seminary), very fine
*ex Watts Collection.
The School seemed to flourish for a while though on 20 July, 1880, the London Gazette announces, "Joseph Ardwise, residing at No. 14, Emambagh-lane, Proprietor of a day school called Mr. Ardwise's Seminary for Boys and Girls, an Insolvent". The same Gazette announces that his brother (?) too, "Henry Horatio Ardwise, residing at No. 14, Emambagh-lane, in.the town of Calcutta, Clerk in the Bengal Secretariat, an Insolvent". Usually referring to the school as Ardwise's Calcutta Academy.
Herbert Alick Stark writes in Hostages to India, or The Life Story of the Anglo- Indian Race, Calcutta, 1936, that "the Upper Military Orphanages, Drummond's Academy, Farrell's Seminary, and Ardwise's School gave a sound education to the children of the upper classes, and from them issued a constant supply of young men equipped for the uncovenanted and upper subordinate positions in the Company's and mercantile offices.... Ardwise Academy gave a liberal education following the lines of the public schools in England, and thus fitted their pupils for the higher appointments under the Company
*ex Watts Collection.
The School seemed to flourish for a while though on 20 July, 1880, the London Gazette announces, "Joseph Ardwise, residing at No. 14, Emambagh-lane, Proprietor of a day school called Mr. Ardwise's Seminary for Boys and Girls, an Insolvent". The same Gazette announces that his brother (?) too, "Henry Horatio Ardwise, residing at No. 14, Emambagh-lane, in.the town of Calcutta, Clerk in the Bengal Secretariat, an Insolvent". Usually referring to the school as Ardwise's Calcutta Academy.
Herbert Alick Stark writes in Hostages to India, or The Life Story of the Anglo- Indian Race, Calcutta, 1936, that "the Upper Military Orphanages, Drummond's Academy, Farrell's Seminary, and Ardwise's School gave a sound education to the children of the upper classes, and from them issued a constant supply of young men equipped for the uncovenanted and upper subordinate positions in the Company's and mercantile offices.... Ardwise Academy gave a liberal education following the lines of the public schools in England, and thus fitted their pupils for the higher appointments under the Company