page_title: Kasli iron sculpture
hierarchical_section_title: Kasli iron sculpture
caption_attribution_description: Original Description: Molding of an artistic casting. [Kasli Iron Works]. Production of artistic casting in the Kasli Iron Works, located in the heart of the Ural Mountains between the cities of Ekaterinburg and Cheliabinsk. The plant was known for the high quality of its cast iron products and for its highly-skilled work force, which numbered over three thousand persons at the time this photograph was taken.
context_page_description: Kasli cast-iron sculpture was produced in Kasli, southern Russia, from the mid-19th century. A large collection, including an elaborate pavilion from the 1900 Paris World Fair, is displayed in the Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts There is also a Kasli Museum of Iron Sculptures.
  In 1860, the Kasli foundry was honoured with the Gold Award of the Free Economic Society. The following year, it was awarded a Silver Medal at the Saint Petersburg Textile Exhibition. There followed diplomas, silver and gold medals from international exhibitions in Paris, Vienna, Philadelphia, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Paris.
context_section_description: Kasli cast-iron sculpture was produced in Kasli, southern Russia, from the mid-19th century. A large collection, including an elaborate pavilion from the 1900 Paris World Fair, is displayed in the Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts There is also a Kasli Museum of Iron Sculptures.
  In 1860, the Kasli foundry was honoured with the Gold Award of the Free Economic Society. The following year, it was awarded a Silver Medal at the Saint Petersburg Textile Exhibition.  There followed diplomas, silver and gold medals from international exhibitions in Paris (1867), Vienna (1873), Philadelphia (1876), Copenhagen (1888), Stockholm (1897) and Paris (1900).
caption: Moulding an artistic casting in the Kasli Iron Works
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