Chand Begum is a family owned firm specialising in works of Indian and Islamic art whose foundations were laid in 1865 by Mr. Shankar Das, who was a financier and money lender to the royal families of India. Currently managed and run by the fourth and fifth generations of the family, we deal in rare and exclusive jewellery and jewelled objects that come from the personal collections of princely and noble families, as well as renowned private collectors.