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KOVSH, ONE OF TEN

Creator(s): Maria Semenova (Firm)

Currently in storage


About this object

Miniature kovshi were intended for salt cellars. They are gilded and have enamelled scrolls in pale colors of green, pink, reddish on a stippled ground. Borders are a series of dots in turquoise enamel.

Object name:
KOVSH, ONE OF TEN
Made from:
Silver gilt -- enamel
Made in:
Moscow, Russia
Date made:
After 1896
Size:
7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
15.127.2
Class:
ENAMEL
Signature marks:
MARK kokoshnik, 84, MC
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973