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Three antique rare and important British Colonial gold brooches…
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Three antique rare and important British Colonial gold brooches by Cooke & Kelvey, of three dimensional design, each oval landscape brooch centrally set in relief to the foreground with a falcon highlighted with seed pearls, turquoise and ruby, perched on a branch within a forest and a castle off in the distance, handcrafted in 18ct tri-coloured gold with chased, bloomed and polished detail, and having a glazed section to the reverse, each of identical manufacture but all of differing sizes and construction details, 46 mm, 48 mm and 50 mm diameter, one boxed. Cooke and Kelvey were British fine Jewellers and watch makers who founded their business in Calcutta in 1857. They specialised as gold and silver smiths as well as making watches for elite Indian and Colonial clientele. These three brooches can be compared to similar examples found in the British Museum as part of the world renowned Hull Grundy collection. See reference Hull Grundy gift (Gere et al 1984) no 793. The workmanship in the Museum pieces is outstanding however these examples offer finer detail again. Leonard Joel is privileged to be selling three such specimen that exemplify the beauty and craftsmanship that could be found in British Colonial India in the mid to late 19th century. The tri coloured gold and the dimensional qualities found in their work is clearly present here
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