13 ¼ x 7 x 4 ½ in.
Nicholas I (1825-1855) Czar of the Russian Empire. Portrayed in military
uniform and helmet with double headed crowned Imperial Eagle and
attached to a silver socle. Front plate with "Nicolas I" in Cyrillic.
With maker's hallmark "Morozov" in Cyrillic with Imperial Warrant of
double headed Imperial Eagle to the right city mark for St. Petersburg,
and assay mark for Aleksandr Timofeyevich Shevyakov (1895-1898) and "84,
1896" underneath. Weighs 1761 g (56.62 toz). The silver casting was made by
Morozov the chief rival to Carl Faberge also possessed the Imperial
Warrant to supply items to the Imperial Court. This is symbolized by the
Imperial Eagle on the hallmark of the bust. Ivan Ekimovich Morozov
founded an important firm of jewelers and court purveyors "I.E.Morozov"
in 1849 which remained in existence till 1917. Friedrich August Theodor
Dietrich (German, 1817-1903) was born in Bojanovo (Posen), studied under
Drake, Rauch, Tieck and others in Berlin. In 1856 modeled bronze
statuettes of the Russian Tzar Nicolas I and the Prussian King Frederick
Wilhelm IV.