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RARE Antique Russian Cast Metal Worker Boy Inkwell Ural Kasli Kaslinsli Figure
RARE Antique Russian Cast Metal Worker Boy Inkwell Ural Kasli Kaslinsli Figure
RARE Antique Russian Cast Metal Worker Boy Inkwell Ural Kasli Kaslinsli Figure
RARE Antique Russian Cast Metal Worker Boy Inkwell Ural Kasli Kaslinsli Figure
RARE Antique Russian Cast Metal Worker Boy Inkwell Ural Kasli Kaslinsli Figure
RARE Antique Russian Cast Metal Worker Boy Inkwell Ural Kasli Kaslinsli Figure
RARE Antique Russian Cast Metal Worker Boy Inkwell Ural Kasli Kaslinsli Figure
RARE Antique Russian Cast Metal Worker Boy Inkwell Ural Kasli Kaslinsli Figure
RARE Antique Russian Cast Metal Worker Boy Inkwell Ural Kasli Kaslinsli Figure
RARE Antique Russian Cast Metal Worker Boy Inkwell Ural Kasli Kaslinsli Figure
RARE Antique Russian Cast Metal Worker Boy Inkwell Ural Kasli Kaslinsli Figure
RARE Antique Russian Cast Metal Worker Boy Inkwell Ural Kasli Kaslinsli Figure

RARE Antique Russian Cast Metal Worker Boy Inkwell Ural Kasli Kaslinsli Figure

$ 1320

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Object Type: Inkwell
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Russian Federation
  • Modified Item: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Condition: Used
  • Handmade: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    Up for sale is this RARE antique Russian cast metal inkwell with incredible detail of a young worker in a cap.
    I found only two similar figures, both Russian and rare and both from the Ural art foundries / Kasli Kaslinski plant where some of the best-known, museum quality art pieces were formed from both ferrous iron and non-ferrous metals. A similar inkwell as shown in the last photo (photo 12) was exhibited and considered one of the finest examples of artistic cast metal sculptures of its time, a feat that no others could accomplish with such high-quality details.
    It was exhibited at the Miracles of Cast Iron exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Russia in 2010 and presented with seventy other treasured as a miracle of transformation by the Ural craftsmen of rough heavy metal into a genuine work of art.
    This piece offered here seems to be cast from the same mold but without the cigarette in his mouth. This metal is not cast iron but another type of non-ferrous metal which reminds me of a thicker more solid pot metal. I believe this could be a late 19th or early 20th C piece and likely from one of the smaller Russian foundries during the early 20th C - possibly Kushvinsky, Kusinsky, Sverdlovsky, Bilimbaevsky, Sosvinsky, Verkh-Isetsky, Kynovsky, or other.
    In excellent condition for its age with beautifully patinated surface. The cap opens and closes nicely and the inkwell displays well from all angles.
    A rare treasure!
    Measures 5.6” inches tall, 5.3” inches long and 3.3” inches wide (14.2 cm, 13.5 cm, 8.1 cm).
    Would make a fantastic display piece, fine addition to a collection, or a great gift!
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