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KOVSH

KOVSH

Cat. no.: 12.58

Artist: Unknown (Silversmith)

Date: 1700

The handle is an openwork cartouche with a blank medallion for a monogram in the center, the whole surmounted by a crown. At the opposite end rises the Imperial double headed eagle. On the...

KOVSH

KOVSH

Cat. no.: 12.59

Artist: Unknown (Silversmith)

Date: 1702

While kovshi had earlier been used as ladles, drinking vessels, or serving bowls, in the eighteenth century they were given as gifts, often to tax collectors and leaders of military units for...

KOVSH

KOVSH

Cat. no.: 12.61

Artist: Unknown (Silversmith)

Date: 1751

On the handle is an elaborate design centering an oval medallion with the monogram of the Empress Elizabeth I (Elizaveta Petrovna); above this is the Imperial crown. In the bottom of the bowl is...

Footed Bowl

Footed Bowl

Cat. no.: 12.616

Artist: Unknown

Date: After 1922

Bowl rests on a round pedestal foot which is plain except for a narrow stamped band of stylized leaves. There is a wide band of diagonal repousse ridges around the ballooned top of the bowl. Below...

TABLE ORNAMENT, ONE OF TWO

TABLE ORNAMENT, ONE OF TWO

Cat. no.: 12.617.1

Artist: Robert Garrard II (Silversmith)

Date: 1843

The form of the table ornament is composed of three elaborate sections. It is topped by a finial of a female figure standing on a pedestal. She is nude to the waist, wearing a helmet and holding a...

TABLE ORNAMENT, ONE OF TWO

TABLE ORNAMENT, ONE OF TWO

Cat. no.: 12.617.2

Artist: Robert Garrard II (Silversmith)

Date: 1843

The form of the table ornament is composed of three elaborate sections. It is topped by a finial of a female figure standing on a pedestal. She is nude to the waist, wearing a helmet and holding a...

KOVSH

KOVSH

Cat. no.: 12.62

Artist: Unknown (Silversmith)

Date: 1751

The entire kovsh is gilded. The handle has a relief decoration of formal leaf motifs, the cleft crown and in the center an oval medallion with the monogram of Empress Elizabeth I (Elizaveta...

Cigarette Case

Cigarette Case

Cat. no.: 12.626

Artist: Andrei Postnikov (Firm)

Date: 1908-1914

Rectangular cigarette case with dark blue cabochon stone as a thumb-piece. Decorated with the sun-rays pattern and a multitude of charms in gold, silver and enamel. On the top these include a...

KOVSH

KOVSH

Cat. no.: 12.63

Artist: Unknown (Silversmith)

Date: 1753

The handle has an elaborate outline with a ribbed border and ends in the cleft crown in outline. Affixed to the handle is a silver coin of Empress Elizabeth I (Elizaveta Petrovna) and below it is...

TAZZA

TAZZA

Cat. no.: 12.636

Artist: Firm of Gronvaldt (Silversmith)

Date: ca. 1825-1875

Swedish silver bowl on a raised base. Lower portion of the bowl is gadrooned. Protruding lip features shell-like designs separated by x-shaped scrolls. Base: narrow at the top near the bowl...

KOVSH

KOVSH

Cat. no.: 12.65

Artist: Alexander Bogdanov Hildebrand (Silversmith)

Date: 1793

In relief on the handle is a cartouche with the monogram of Catherine II, the whole surmounted by the Imperial crown. On the opposite tip is the Imperial double-headed eagle. In the bottom of the...

KOVSH

KOVSH

Cat. no.: 12.66

Artist: Unknown (Silversmith)

Date: 1820

On the handle is the nielloed monogram of Alexander I surmounted by the Imperial crown, the whole on a strie background. On the end of the bowl opposite to this is the Imperial double headed...

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