KOVSH

Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , Fedor Rückert (Workmaster)

Currently in storage

About this object

The kovsh is flattish with a round bowl. The handle is almost triangular in shape with a scalloped edge. The figure of an Eastern rider on a white horse is enameled on a grey blue ground. Stylized flowers and leaves in rust, dark green and dark blue decorate the side of the kovsh on a slightly lighter grey blue ground. Interior, wires and base are gilded. Cloisonné enamel.

Object name:

KOVSH

Made from:

Silver -- silver gilt -- enamel

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

1908-1917

Size:

4.1 × 6 × 9.7 cm (1 5/8 × 2 3/8 × 3 13/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

15.216

Class:

ENAMEL

Signature marks:

MARK 88 (silver content); kokoshnik facing right (1908-1917); Delta (for Moscow); K. Faberge in Cyrillic with imperial warrant struck over Rückert's mark [On bottom] SCRATCHED NUMBER 27461 [On bottom]

Credit line:

Museum Purchase, 1990