JEWELLED GOLD, GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND ONYX CANE HANDLE, encrusted with 12 rose-cut diamonds Workmaster M. E. Perkhin, chief master of the Faberge company. Russia, Saint Petersburg, the last quarter of the XIX Century .

Gold, cast, guilloche enamel, 12 rose-cut diamonds.
Hallmarks: 56 metal mark with the coat of arms of the city "Saint Petersburg", master "MP".

Approved by expert for Faberge, Géza von Habsburg.

Height: 11.2 cm, diameter: 2.4 cm.

Perkhin Mikhail Evlampievich (1860-1903). Goldsmith, chief master of the Faberge company. In 1886, Mikhail Evlampievich received the title of master, the right to a personal brand "M. P." (Mikhail Perkhin) and was invited to work in the jewelry workshop of the Faberge company. In 1888, with the help of Carl Faberge, he received permission from the mayor of Saint Petersburg to open his own jewelry workshop, where for the next 15 years he was the chief master jeweler of the Faberge house. In the workshop of Mikhail Perkhin, 28 Imperial Easter eggs were made, including such masterpieces as" Palaces of Denmark", " Rosebud", "Madonna Lily", " Trans-Siberian Express " and others. Faberge provided Perkhin's workshop with orders, sketches, precious metals and stones, gave loans if necessary, and provided sales of finished jewelry. Mikhail Perkhin's chief assistant in the workshop was Henrik Wigstrom, an apprentice. Since 1891, Mikhail Perkhin was a merchant of the 2nd Guild. By the end of the 1890s, Perkhin's workshop employed more than 50 people. In 1895 Perkhin was promoted to the title of a personal honorary citizen as a reward for fulfilling Imperial orders