A PARCEL-GILT SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION KOVSH

A PARCEL-GILT SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION KOVSH

MAKER’S MARK ‘MO’, ST PETERSBURG, 1737

The bowl repoussé with a circular reserve centring an Imperial double-headed eagle, the exterior sides engraved with Russian dedication inscription \'Her Highness Empress Anna Ioannovna, Autocrat of all Russia presented this kovsh to ataman Ekim Petrov of the Astrakhan Voisko at the Winter Stanitsa on 9 April 1737\', the finial cast as an Imperial double-headed eagle, marked under handle, also with French import marks

12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide

18.99 oz. (590.6 gr.)