Backside
The back shows a station where the original was used for reproduction as a model.
The way my original was made looks like it was a sample in a workshop.
A solid plate at the back and on it a simple loop for hanging.
At a flea market I happened to see a casting.
The relief was very heavy and had no half reliefs.
On my original, the arm of the young woman was originally pressed in front left as well as the head of the young man in the group of figures front left was depressed.
These two mistakes also had the relief, which I happened to see but unfortunately did not acquire.
It was clearly a cast, without any overlap in the figures, so the relief had a clumsy appearance.
It did not look dainty but like a big mountain.
I suspect that it was produced by the company Valin and Sohn.
Brass plate with loop on the back of my original relief;
furthermore a stamp in Cyrillic writing as well as the date 1857 was attached;
the opening was difficult because it was unclear how the brass plate is connected backwards to the relief of the front;
my original relief was therefore opened in stages.
The text is translated:
Valin and son
Product of metal
Moscow
Taganka
1857
