A silver figural newspaper holder, Sazikov, Moscow, 1863

the front applied with a protruding horse's head within a roundel with a rope-twist border, the reins suspending from rosettes either side of the head, a geometric rosette in each corner, the border reeded, engraved on the reverse with a dedication in Cyrillic reading 'To Alexander Semionovich / Nizhinski / From N. M. / In memory. 9 March 1879', struck to the reverse with maker's initials, 84 standard

height 26.8cm; 10 5/8 in.