A PARCEL-GILT SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION KOVSH

A PARCEL-GILT SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION KOVSH

PROBABLY MOSCOW, LATE 17TH CENTURY

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 interior sides and handle engraved with scrolling foliage, the exterior sides engraved with Old Russian dedication inscription \'By the Grace of God Great Lord Tsars and Great Princes Ioann Alekseevich and Petr Alekseevich of all Great, Little and White Russia, presented this kovsh from the Grand Treasury Order to a Kazan citizen and posad man Ivan Mukosein, for collecting customs duties of 196 roubles’, the finial cast as a pine-cone, apparently unmarked

12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) wide

18 oz. (573 gr.)