[Jewelry making - Article 00126] - Re: [Orchid] Drawing wire, getting burrs

[James Miller]

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    With reference to Leonid Surpin's post today, I am one of Michael
    Perchins greatest fans, I admire the work he produced at the time he
    was workmaster. I was part of a team that made rough copies of the
    Perchin Coronation Egg, for use as props in the James Bond film
    Octopussy back in 1982. At that time I made an effort to study the
    work of Perchin and his workshop. If anyone does not know, the
    Rothschild egg sold recently was made at the Perchin workshop, along
    with other famous eggs. Perchin's workshop employed between 30 and
    40 craftsmen so their output was quite large. When Leonid states that
    the labour cost of reproducing a Faberge' Egg would exceed the
    purchase price of the original, is he suggesting that the Rothschild
    Egg could not be reproduced for it's auction price of 16 million
    dollars, or does he mean for its original price when purchased in
    1902. When I was studying the manufacturing of the Coronation Egg, I
    found that the interior coach, was made by George Stein at the
    Perchin workshop, it took fifteen months to make, at that time
    George Stein was being paid 5 Roubles per day for up to a sixteen
    hour day, this would have been about a dollar a day back in 1896. I
    am sure I could make one hell of a fine coach in fifteen months! I
    have made many Easter Eggs in my time and they average about three to
    six months to complete. I worked alongside a fine goldsmith back in
    the late 1970s, his name is David McCarty,he made an Easter Egg
    similar to the Faberge' Serpent Clock Egg. It was made using
    techniques that would have been used in the Perchin workshop and I
    defy anyone to say that it was not as good as any Faberge' original.
    I have attached a photo if Hanuman will kindly make it available for
    all to see. 

Peace to all
James Miller
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