KOVSH

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Pavilion

About this object

Shape is unusually high and narrow with a sharply up curved handle. There is a wide ring foot. All the outside of the bowl and the foot and the top of the handle are covered with and all over pattern of enamelled flowers in pink, light green, blue, etc. on a cream ground. There are eleven semi-precious stones in green. The interior of the bowl and foot and the under side of the handle are gilded.

Object name:

KOVSH

Made from:

Silver gilt -- enamel --stones

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

1898-1908

Size:

18.1 × 19.7 cm (7 1/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

15.126

Class:

ENAMEL

Signature marks:

MARK 84, kokoshnik facing left , tester's mark [ИЛ] [Moscow 1898-1908] _ under the handle illegible [kokoshnick with tester mark [ИЛ] ? ] _ Scratched 4688 ъ bottom

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973