This paper-weight in the form of a horse was produced in 1864 by craftsmen working for one of the best-known businesses producing silver articles in Russia - Ignaty Sazikov's factory. After its resounding success at the World Exhibition in London in 1851, the factory's products were in great demand across Europe. Sazikov enlisted the services of the most prominent Russian sculptors. This article was probably created ''from life'' to the commission of some horse-breeder in memory of a champion trotter that had repeatedly won at the races. The sculptor who produced the model managed to convey both the tension of a free-spirited animal forced to pose and the slight trembling of its muscles.