The Olovyanishnikovs /Оловянишниковы/ was a Russian merchant family of Yaroslavl origin, the largest manufacturers of bells in the Russian Empire. The first mention of the Yaroslavl townspeople of the Olovyanishnikovs dates back to the 17th century. They came from monastic peasants in the village of Savinskoye- the estate of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. In 1709, Osip son Ermolaev (1656 - after 1717) settled with his family on Roshkova Street in Yaroslavl. In 1717, an entry was made about him: “he makes tin and sits in the vegetable row in the shop/делает оловянишное и сидит в овощном ряду в лавке»”. His eldest and youngest sons, Ivan and Fedor, began casting bells; it is possible that with their participation, Dmitry Maksimovich Zatrapeznov cast the Yaroslavl bells, first recorded in documents, in the 1750s. One of the earliest mentions of the Olovyanishnikov bell foundry is associated with a bell made in 1766 for the Rostov Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery, the weight of which was 163 pounds 8 pounds (2673 kg.), with the inscription: “... casted in the city of Yaroslavl at the factory Fyodor Grigoriev Olovyanishnikov/… лит во граде Ярославле на заводе Федора Григорьева Оловянишникова”.
Another representative of the family, the head of the family business, merchant of the 1st guild, Porfiry Grigorievich (1755 - 30.10.1830) had a copper factory that produced dishes, as well as bells. In 1814, he acquired a lead bleaching plant, and then helped his only son Ivan buy the Yaroslavl silk-weaving factory of the Moscow merchants Kolosovs.
Ivan Porfiryevich Olovyanishnikov (25.03.1782 - 01.12.1859) also became a merchant of the 1st guild, but also a manufactory advisor ; he was one of the first to receive the title of hereditary honorary citizen; from 1833 to 1835 he was the mayor of Yaroslavl. At the All-Russian Economic Exhibitions, silk products from his factory were awarded with awards (in 1829 - a large silver one, in 1831 - a small gold one). Under him, bells were cast for the St. Petersburg Trinity Cathedral (1834) and, of course, for numerous churches in the Yaroslavl province, including the belfries of the Petrovsky (1835) and Avraamiev (1845) monasteries of Rostov. In 1856, master S. D. Charyshnikov cast the famous “Golodar” bell for the belfry of the Rostov Assumption Cathedral .
Ivan Porfiryevich Olovyanishnikov was married to Olga Ivanovna Korovaynikova; had four sons, one of whom, Porfiry Ivanovich (10.08.1822 - 15.06.1881), re-equipped the bell factory, turning it from a manufactory into a modern enterprise. For the now defunct Vlasievo Church in Yaroslavl, he cast a 1000-pound bell with the inscription “In memory of the deceased father and mother.” In 1861, having moved to Moscow, he signed up as a Moscow merchant; opened a store selling mosquito products and bells. Under him, Olovyanishnikovsky bells began to be sold abroad.
During the Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878, 7 bells were cast for Bulgaria (all of them were a gift from Porfiry Ivanovich). Rostov Archpriest Aristarkh Aleksandrovich Izrailev invented a special tuning fork for bells, which made it possible to create bells of the desired tone. Thanks to this, the Olovyanishnikovs produced entire sets of bells, called “bell surnames.”
Another representative of the family, the head of the family business, merchant of the 1st guild, Porfiry Grigorievich (1755 - 30.10.1830) had a copper factory that produced dishes, as well as bells. In 1814, he acquired a lead bleaching plant, and then helped his only son Ivan buy the Yaroslavl silk-weaving factory of the Moscow merchants Kolosovs.
Ivan Porfiryevich Olovyanishnikov (25.03.1782 - 01.12.1859) also became a merchant of the 1st guild, but also a manufactory advisor ; he was one of the first to receive the title of hereditary honorary citizen; from 1833 to 1835 he was the mayor of Yaroslavl. At the All-Russian Economic Exhibitions, silk products from his factory were awarded with awards (in 1829 - a large silver one, in 1831 - a small gold one). Under him, bells were cast for the St. Petersburg Trinity Cathedral (1834) and, of course, for numerous churches in the Yaroslavl province, including the belfries of the Petrovsky (1835) and Avraamiev (1845) monasteries of Rostov. In 1856, master S. D. Charyshnikov cast the famous “Golodar” bell for the belfry of the Rostov Assumption Cathedral .
Ivan Porfiryevich Olovyanishnikov was married to Olga Ivanovna Korovaynikova; had four sons, one of whom, Porfiry Ivanovich (10.08.1822 - 15.06.1881), re-equipped the bell factory, turning it from a manufactory into a modern enterprise. For the now defunct Vlasievo Church in Yaroslavl, he cast a 1000-pound bell with the inscription “In memory of the deceased father and mother.” In 1861, having moved to Moscow, he signed up as a Moscow merchant; opened a store selling mosquito products and bells. Under him, Olovyanishnikovsky bells began to be sold abroad.
During the Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878, 7 bells were cast for Bulgaria (all of them were a gift from Porfiry Ivanovich). Rostov Archpriest Aristarkh Aleksandrovich Izrailev invented a special tuning fork for bells, which made it possible to create bells of the desired tone. Thanks to this, the Olovyanishnikovs produced entire sets of bells, called “bell surnames.”
The family business was continued by his sons Ivan (01.11.1844 - 20.12.1898) and Sergei (15.04.1856 - 09.10.1890) . However, since Sergei was deaf and mute, production at the plant of the Partnership “P. I. Olovyanishnikov’s sons” was handled by Ivan, who also managed the financial part and contacts with clients. In 1893, he enrolled in the Moscow merchant class. After the death of Ivan Porfiryevich, his widow, Eupraxia Georgievna (Egorovna) Olovyanishnikova (Евпраксия Георгиевна (Егоровна) Оловянишникова; 1851-1925), the daughter of the Yaroslavl merchant G. S. Goroshkov, entered into inheritance rights. She bought the bell factory from the heirs of her husband's brother Sergei and transformed it in 1901 into a closed joint-stock partnership with shares with a declared capital of 1.5 million rubles - the Commercial and Industrial Partnership "P. I. Olovyanishnikov’s sons/П. И. Оловянишникова сыновья”; became its Chairman of the Board, which was located on Nikolskaya Street , in the house of the Kazan Cathedral (no. 1), then at the address: Pokrovsky Gate, no. 4. Even during her husband’s life in Moscow, she expanded the factory of church utensils (1889); near Yaroslavl, construction of new buildings of the Volkushinsky paint and varnish enterprise began. In 1916, the partnership had two lead bleaching plants, a lead rolling plant, a paint grinding plant and a bell foundry.
The last owner of the workshop until 1917 was Nikolai Ivanovich Olovyanishnikov (12.10.1875 - 1918).
Examples of workshop marks.
1st variation "88th silver".
Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 67х40 mm.
Weight 22.3 g.
Marked with Moscow assay office silver hallmark [delta, a female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 88] and maker's mark O.S-ei /О.С-ей/ for Olovyashnikova and Sons /П.И. Оловяшникова Сыновей/.