Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

E. Bako. A silver, agate and enamel desk timepiece, circa 1920.
Movement: manual winding, lever escapement.
Dial: silvered, engine-turned sunburst design, stylised Arabic numerals, enamel hands.
Case: silver and agate, strutt foot, parcel-gilt and polychrome enamel bezel, French maker’s mark EB
Signed: EB to the case
Dimensions: height 7.1cm, width 10.3cm.
£1,000-£1,500

Eugène Paul Bako (1868 - 1923) was a Paris jeweller who made pieces for prominent brands, such as, Cartier and Boucheron.