A jewelled and gold-mounted nephrite parasol handle, Charles Cooke, London, 1910, retailed by Brigg

of tapering cylindrical form, the handle set with two bands of garnets, the gold collar engraved with initials: D.M.H.

Charles Cooke was the primary mounter of sticks, canes and umbrellas for Brigg and Sons of St. James's Street, London.  Initially in business with his brother, John Robert Cooke, until 1888, he is listed at a series of addresses in Soho.  His last address, from 1907 to 1916, was 4 Rigmount Street, Bedford Square, where he is listed as a stick mounter.  (See J. Culme, The Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders, 1838-1914, vol. 1, 1987, p. 95-6.)