MINIATURE KOVSH
Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , Anders Nevalainen (Workmaster)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
In the bottom of the kovsh's bowl is set a silver coin of Elizabeth I (1747). There is a beaded band below the rim and on the prow are the engraved dates 1885 9/I 1900 commemorating a fifteenth anniversary or birthday: January 9, 1885-1900. On the handle is an openwork design of leaves set with a small emerald and cabochon ruby.
- Object name:
- MINIATURE KOVSH
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- emerald -- ruby
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1899-1908
- Size:
- 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.161
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK: Kokoshnik facing left for 1899 -1908 and 88 silver standard with Ia.L. in Cyrillic for St. Petersburg assaymaster Iakov Lapunov, Maker's mark A.N for Anders Nevalainen [under handle] MARK: 88; swan [French import mark] DATE 1885 9/I 1900 [On kovsh] INSCRIPTION 1747 / ПОЛ 8 ПОЛТИННИ[?]Ъ / Б.М.ЕЛИСАБЕТЪ.I.ИМП: ИСАМОД: ВСЕ РОСС. [On coin] SCRATCH NUMBER 5758 [On handle, near rim]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973