KOVSH

Made by: Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

On the handle is an elaborate design centering an oval medallion with the monogram of the Empress Elizabeth I [transcription] (Elizaveta Petrovna); above this is the Imperial crown. In the bottom of the bowl is the Imperial double headed eagle surmounted by the Imperial crown in repoussé, engraving and stippling. On the side of the bowl opposite the handle is again the double headed eagle and beneath it a cartouche with an engraved bust of the Empress Elizabeth in profile. Around the bowl are seven cartouches with inscriptions in Russian. "By God's grace we, Elizabeth the First, Empress and Autocrat of All Russia etc., etc., etc., awarded this kovsh to the starshina of the Don troops and of Zimova stanitsa, Hetman Andrei Krasny, which (was) cast for his faithful and many services, in Moscow March 25, 1751."

Category:

silverwork

Object name:

KOVSH

Made from:

Silver gilt

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

1741-1762

Size:

30 × 15.9 cm (11 13/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

12.61

Class:

SILVER

Signature marks:

MARK On upper handle: 1) Ia S for unknown master; outer edge: stamp E T occurs twice (?)

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973