The Russian Empire

Style # O09A0061 (Silver Fountain Pen)
Style # O09A0062 (Gold Fountain Pen)

In 1547, at the tender age of 17, Ivan the Great was proclaimed Czar (from the Latin Caesar) of all Russias.

This title, which originated from a legend which recognised the imperial rights to one of his predecessors from a Byzantine Basileus, made him the first autocratic emperor and the initiator of a long period of great developments in several areas; one of the best and most significant periods being the Empire of Alexandaer I ( 1801-1825 )

Interpreting certain medallions of Fyodor Tolstoy which illustrates the patriotic war of 1812. inspired by Ancient Greece and Rome, I have symbolised it's military strength, the pride of the Motherland and the strength and character of it's inhabitants and, at the same time, it's culture.

I have recalled it's political importance and, using the lions at the end of teh cap, it's economic importance, sovereignty not disjointed by luxury and beauty.

The original clip which completes this pen recalls an Egyptian divinity, a clear allusion to a fundamental style which, together with the Renaissance, especially the Italian Renaissance, and then the Baroque period, relived and animated a little, contributed to the reation of superb cities and masterpieces, everlasting documents of splendour and grandeur.

Giamluca Malaguti Simoni