A MINIATURE KOVSH, AN EGG-SHAPED BONBONNIÈRE AND FOUR SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SPOONS
THE KOVSH, MARK OF THE 11TH SILVER ARTEL, MOSCOW, 1908-1917; THE BONBONNIÈRE, MAKER’S MARK CYRILLIC ‘P.R.’, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890; THE SPOONS, VARIOUS MAKERS AND DATES
The kovsh of traditional form with raised prow and shaped hook handle, enamelled overall with varicolour scrolling foliage on blue ground, marked under base; the bonbonnière with a detachable cover, enamelled with foliage on stippled gilt ground, the interior rim inscribed in Russian, marked throughout; the spoons similarly enamelled with scrolling foliage, one engraved with initials ‘VTIT’, marked on stems
The kovsh, 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) wide; the spoons, 7 in. (17.8 cm.) long and smaller
A MINIATURE KOVSH, AN EGG-SHAPED BONBONNIÈRE AND FOUR SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SPOONS
THE KOVSH, MARK OF THE 11TH SILVER ARTEL, MOSCOW, 1908-1917; THE BONBONNIÈRE, MAKER’S MARK CYRILLIC ‘P.R.’, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890; THE SPOONS, VARIOUS MAKERS AND DATES
The kovsh of traditional form with raised prow and shaped hook handle, enamelled overall with varicolour scrolling foliage on blue ground, marked under base; the bonbonnière with a detachable cover, enamelled with foliage on stippled gilt ground, the interior rim inscribed in Russian, marked throughout; the spoons similarly enamelled with scrolling foliage, one engraved with initials ‘VTIT’, marked on stems
The kovsh, 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) wide; the spoons, 7 in. (17.8 cm.) long and smaller
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