Cooke & Kelvey. A very rare and highly unusual 18K gold, enamel, ruby and diamond-set hunter case minute repeating keyless lever watch in form of a snake's charmer's basket, made for the Indian market
SIGNED COOKE & KELVEY, CALCUTTA, NO. 13'163, CIRCA 1890
Cooke & Kelvey. A very rare and highly unusual 18K gold, enamel, ruby and diamond-set hunter case minute repeating keyless lever watch in form of a snake's charmer's basket, made for the Indian market Signed Cooke & Kelvey, Calcutta, No. 13'163, circa 1890 Gilt-finished fully jewelled lever movement, minute repeating on two hammers, gold cuvette, dial with stylised blue enamel numerals on translucent cream-coloured enamel over engine-turned background, translucent royal blue centre decorated with a gold compass rose, circular case decorated to resemble a basket, the front cover depicting a coiled cobra in high relief, its body decorated with diamond and ruby-set translucent red and blue champlevé enamel, emerald-set eyes, its opened mouth revealing the forked tongue, a painted multi-coloured enamel scene with tropical birds and butterflies to the back, repeating slide in the band, case numbered, cuvette signed and numbered 35 mm. diam.
Cooke & Kelvey. A very rare and highly unusual 18K gold, enamel, ruby and diamond-set hunter case minute repeating keyless lever watch in form of a snake's charmer's basket, made for the Indian market
SIGNED COOKE & KELVEY, CALCUTTA, NO. 13'163, CIRCA 1890
Cooke & Kelvey. A very rare and highly unusual 18K gold, enamel, ruby and diamond-set hunter case minute repeating keyless lever watch in form of a snake's charmer's basket, made for the Indian market Signed Cooke & Kelvey, Calcutta, No. 13'163, circa 1890 Gilt-finished fully jewelled lever movement, minute repeating on two hammers, gold cuvette, dial with stylised blue enamel numerals on translucent cream-coloured enamel over engine-turned background, translucent royal blue centre decorated with a gold compass rose, circular case decorated to resemble a basket, the front cover depicting a coiled cobra in high relief, its body decorated with diamond and ruby-set translucent red and blue champlevé enamel, emerald-set eyes, its opened mouth revealing the forked tongue, a painted multi-coloured enamel scene with tropical birds and butterflies to the back, repeating slide in the band, case numbered, cuvette signed and numbered 35 mm. diam.
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