細節
A LARGE PARCEL-GILT SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION KOVSH
MARK OF CHRISTOPHER FRIEDRICH WEGENER, ST PETERSBURG, 1774
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 engraved with foliate swags and a Russian dedication inscription 'By Decree of Her Imperial Highness, this kovsh is presented on 14 October 1774 by the Governing Senate, the Commission for Composing a New Code of Laws, and the merchants of Yadrin city to the Deputy Andrei Ovchinnikov, son of Petr, for the service that he provided during the attack on Yadrin together with the head of the city and burgomaster encouraging all Yadrin merchants and other citizens towards obedience and battle', the applied handle set with a double-headed eagle, the finial cast as a double-headed eagle, marked on handle
11 in. (28 cm.) wide
39.75 oz. (1,236.6 gr.)
來源
Prince Sergey Gorchakov (1861-1927).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 28 April 1976, lot 39.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
出版
V. I. Troitskiy, Two Gospels and antique silver from the collection of Count Sergey Dmitrievich Gorchakov in Kaluga [Dva Evangeliya i starinnoe serebro iz sobraniya knyazya Sergeya Dmitrievicha Gorchakova v Kaluge], Moscow, 1914, pl. XXII, no. 29 (illustrated).
A. von Solodkoff, Russian Gold and Silver, London, 1981, no. 87 (illustrated).
注意事項
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