LARGE KOVSH
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Pavilion
About this object
The tall handle is in two sections, the outer one plain, the inner one decorated on each side with a spray of leaves. On the top of the handle are four stones, two green and two red. In the center of the top scroll is a green stone on each side. Set in the bottom scroll is a red stone on one side, a rust-colored stone on the other. On each side of the body, three larger cabochon stones: one green, two tan (agate, cat's eye?). On the sides are large, plain scrolls and baroque sways in repousse. On the front is a monogram [transcription] and a date [transcription].
- Object name:
- LARGE KOVSH
- Made from:
- Silver -- stones
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- Early 20th c.
- Size:
- 29.2 × 22.2 cm (11 1/2 × 8 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.391
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK front: (unidentified) Moscow 1899-1908; on the bottom scroll on the handle: kokoshnik in a circle; [transcription]
- Credit line:
- Gift of Mrs. Peter M. Rouzitsky, 1977