ID 435095
Lot 262 | A SILVER-GILT IMPERIAL PRESENTATION KOVSH
Valeur estimée
£ 18 000 – 22 000
MARK OF IVAN FROLOV, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1789
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 Russian dedication inscription 'By the Grace of God we the great Lord Tsars and Grand Princes Ioann Alekseevich and Petr Alekseevich, Autocrats of all Great, Little and White Russia on 15 February 196 [1688] presented this kovsh to the Kazan exchequer chief Sava Shaposhnikov for the increase in taxes to the treasury for the year 194 [1686] of 51 rouble 5 altyn and 1 den’ga compared to 940 roubles 32 altyn and 5 den’ga in the year 193 [1685]', within engraved foliate cartouches, the shaped handle surmounted by an Imperial crown and centring the monogram of Grand Princes Ioann Alekseevich and Petr Alekseevich within densely cast and chased rocaille, the front engraved with portraits of Grand Princes Ioann Alekseevich and Petr Alekseevich in profile within a rocaille cartouche, marked on base
13½ in. (34.5 cm.) wide
20.25 oz. (629.8 gr.)
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