Inkstand in form of a sculptural group of 3 sailors of the Guards' Crew.
By A.Sokolov. 1871. Silver. 44õ39x28cm.
The Central Naval Museum. ¹ 9795.

The inkstand is decorated with a silver tape with a donative inscription "The Guards' Crew to the company commander. 1871" and engraved facsimile of 39 donators. It was a gift to Grand Duke Alexey Alexandrovich, who commanded the company of His Majesty's Guards' Crew from October, 1870 till May, 1871. Born in 1850 and acceptee as a seaman of the Gards' Crew, at the age of seven he was a warrant-officer , and in 1873 he was appointed the commander of the Guards' Crew.
The inkstand was acquired by the Central Naval Museum from the museum of Guards' Crew in 1918. It was executed in workshops of gold, silver and bronze products of Alexander Nikolaevich Sokolov, founded in St. Petersburg in 1858.