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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION
A SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION KOVSH
MOSCOW, CIRCA 1731
Details
A SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION KOVSH
MOSCOW, CIRCA 1731
Of traditional form with raised prow and handle, the bowl repoussé with a circular reserve centring an Imperial double-headed eagle with the orb and sceptre, the exterior sides chased with Cyrillic dedication inscription 'Presented by Empress Anna [Ioannovna] to Ataman of the Don Voisko, Aleksei Martynov, on June 1731' within foliate cartouches, the shaped handle cast and chased with a cartouche with the portrait of Anna Ioannovna within foliate scrolls and surmounted with a baldachin, the finial cast and chased as the Imperial double-headed eagle, apparently unmarked
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) wide
Approximate weight: 13.9 oz. (395 gr.)
MOSCOW, CIRCA 1731
Of traditional form with raised prow and handle, the bowl repoussé with a circular reserve centring an Imperial double-headed eagle with the orb and sceptre, the exterior sides chased with Cyrillic dedication inscription 'Presented by Empress Anna [Ioannovna] to Ataman of the Don Voisko, Aleksei Martynov, on June 1731' within foliate cartouches, the shaped handle cast and chased with a cartouche with the portrait of Anna Ioannovna within foliate scrolls and surmounted with a baldachin, the finial cast and chased as the Imperial double-headed eagle, apparently unmarked
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) wide
Approximate weight: 13.9 oz. (395 gr.)
Provenance
Acquired in Russia in the 1930s, by the Italian ambassador to Russia.
By descent to the present owner.
By descent to the present owner.
Brought to you by
Aleksandra Babenko