Pavel Akimov Ovchinnikov

Another preeminent jeweler and silversmith, Pavel Akimovich Ovchinnikov founded his Moscow firm in 1853. He was the first Russian silver maker to embrace the pan-Slavic revival style, and in 1868 nearly two de-cades before Fabergé, the firm received the title of court supplier, allowing it to incorporate the imperial double eagle in its trademark.

As early as 1865 the firm won a gold medal at the Moscow Exhibition of Manufacturers-in 1882 at the All Russian Exhibition contemporaries observed that Ovchinnikov "had the honorable task of making this important artistic technique known not only among ourselves but also in Europe" Von Solodkoff, p62. "here Ovchinnikov...the most important craftsmen (of Kovsh)" Von Solodkoff, p87. "the most notable firms were...Gratchov...Ovchinnikov..." Snowman, p129.

Pavel Akimov Ovchinnikov