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The pointer was produced by the goldsmith Ivan Khlebnikov in Moscow in 1867. He inherited the workshop founded by Pyotr Khlebnikow and modernised it significantly in the years 1870-1871, creating a large goldsmithing company which would gradually gain prestige and recognition. In 1881, Khlebnikov was awarded the title of supplier to the court of Tsar Alexander III, and from then on, he would receive important orders, such as supplementing Catherine II's monogrammed dinner service or dishes for the palace in Gatchina. He also collaborated with the courts of Serbia and Denmark. The company, later to be run by Ivan Chlebnikov's sons, operated continuously until 1918.

The presented yad is a pointer ending in a sculpture of a hand, with a handle divided by a massive ball and ending with a larger ball with a small ring. Bifurcating towards the central part of the pointer, there is a sheet forming a shape close to a cone (a cone with an unclosed base, the rod enters the centre of the cone).

Object donated to the museum by Elijah Khazanov.

Natalia Różańska