On July 26, 2018, Russian Post issued a series of stamps "Treasures of Russia. Jewelers" dedicated to the works of outstanding Russian jewelers.

The "Treasures of Russia" series was launched in 2017, when the first issue of stamps in the series with the treasures of the Diamond Fund was created with the participation of the Russian Diamond Fund.

The second issue of art stamps is dedicated to jewelers: the best works of Russian masters became the subjects of the new series. The stamps depict: a Faberge jug, a salt cellar by the Khlebnikov company, a biscuit bowl by the Ovchinnikov company, and a troika by the Sazikov company. The coupons of the small sheets depict portraits of four famous jewelers.

In the 18th century, Russian jewelry art gravitated toward artistic styles and imitated images common in Europe, following the general European trend. The trendsetter in jewelry and the center of jewelry at that time was St. Petersburg. However, in the second half of the 19th century, the situation began to change. An independent artistic culture began to emerge in Moscow, based on the revival of the characteristic decorative principles inherent in ancient Russian art, and a new national concept in art began to take shape.

From the middle of the 19th century, master jewelers turned to the artistic heritage of the past, to national themes, and began to create items in the "Russian style". This was manifested, for example, in the reproduction of ancient Russian motifs and ornaments when decorating silver items, the reproduction of individual household items, as well as in the creation of original artistic items based on Russian historical and folk themes. For the first time in the history of Russian jewelry art, the theme of decoration became the art and life of the people. Numerous salt shakers, ladles, cups, and goblets appeared with ornaments and forms of the 16th-17th centuries or inscriptions with proverbs and sayings. Brilliantly imitating the texture of wood, birch bark, and fabrics in precious metals, the craftsmen created silver biscuit bins in the form of wicker baskets, salt shakers in the form of tueski and bags, and ashtrays in the form of bast shoes. The harmony of the products and the filigree workmanship contributed to their popularity among different strata of the population, including the aristocracy, introducing them to the aesthetics of the folk “Russian style”.

The best jewelry firms were the bright exponents of this trend: I.P. Sazikov, P.A. Ovchinnikov, I.P. Khlebnikov, I.S. Gubkin, P.I. Olovyanishnikov, who, as if amazed by the beauty of Russian art, forgotten and closed by imitation of Western European forms for almost two centuries, managed to reaffirm it in their products.

“Sazikov” is one of the oldest jewelry firms in Russia. The name of the founder Pavel Fedorovich Sazikov, a 3rd guild merchant and owner of a small workshop in Moscow, has been known since 1793. In 1810, he already owned a factory for the manufacture of various silver products, and in 1842 a branch was opened in St. Petersburg.

Sazikov's firm was considered one of the best Russian jewelry firms in the mid-19th century, and received honorary certificates, small and large medals at all-Russian exhibitions of artistic and industrial goods in 1835, 1849, 1853, 1861, 1865. In 1837, Ignaty Pavlovich Sazikov, the son of the company's founder, was awarded the honorary title of court manufacturer of silver products. And in 1851, at the London World Exhibition, there was a triumphant display of the best works of the company and the subsequent world recognition - a large gold medal and the Order of the Legion of Honor for participation in the world exhibitions in London in 1851 and in Paris in 1867.

The main products of the Sazikov company are silver tableware, as well as tableware. The factory was also engaged in the production of church utensils. And of course, the recognizable "brand" of Sazikov becomes the work of cast silver and bronze sculptures. Many products of the company of Ignatiy Pavlovich were cast according to the models of famous Russian sculptors. For the high artistic quality of the works, the press called Sazikov the Russian Benvenuto Cellini, noting that in his products everything is Russian - the idea, the drawing, and the models.

The most famous works of the masters include a massive, 2-meter-high silver candelabrum decorated with scenes of the Battle of Kulikovo Field. In the center of the plot is the figure of the legendary Prince Dmitry Donskoy. The plot is made according to a drawing by V. Klodt and F. Solntsev. The second popular work of the Sazikov masters is the table decoration "Troika", executed in both silver and bronze. The sculptural composition "Troika" was made by the firm of I.P. Sazikov in Moscow in the 1870-1880s according to the model of the sculptor E.A. Lanceray. It represents galloping horses harnessed to a sleigh, driven by peasant drivers. The cast figures are distinguished by exceptional purity of work, meticulous modeling. Using the technique of artistic casting, the creators were able to convey the plasticity of movement, gestures of people and characteristic poses of animals with extraordinary accuracy. The decorative effect is greatly enhanced by the amazingly masterful textured metal processing, which was used in the work.