CAST BY O. SAMOILOV, KASLINSKY FACTORY FROM THE MODEL BY NIKOLA IVANOVICH LIBERICH (1828-1883), LATE 19TH CENTURY

The Kaslinskii Factory was founded in 1747 by J. Korobkov, of Tula origin. The region was famous for the high quality of the iron, traditionally worked. From the early 19th Century, everyday objects were produced to very high standards and by the mid-19th Century some sculpture had begun to appear. The factory produced fine quality sculptures characterized by their smoothness and continuity of line.
(M. Dashkova, 'Iron Symphony of Ural', Collection, No. 38, March 2006, pp. 98-101.)

For a similar model see I. Peshkova, The art of Kasli masters, II, Chelyabinsk, 1983, no. 36, 37, pp. 46-47.