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Source Description
A boat-shaped vessel used for ladling the "kwass" (strong beer) out of big bowls. In the center of the interior is an engraved double-headed eagle. Similar eagles are depicted in relief on the handle and on the finial. The kovsh was given toward the end of the 17th century to a bailiff of Orel by Peter the Great.
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Document identity
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21818
label
Drinking Bowl (Kovsh)
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21818
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title
Drinking Bowl (Kovsh)
description
A boat-shaped vessel used for ladling the "kwass" (strong beer) out of big bowls. In the center of the interior is an engraved double-headed eagle. Similar eagles are depicted in relief on the handle and on the finial. The kovsh was given toward the end of the 17th century to a bailiff of Orel by Peter the Great.
provenance
Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 17th century
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CC0
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en
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drinking vessels
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9
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import
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cm
width
10.9
height
27.1
depth
17.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 5/16 × W: 10 11/16 × D: 7 1/16 in. (10.9 × 27.1 × 17.9 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] In the cartouches: Б(о)жиею м(и)л(о)стию велики г(осу)д(а)р(ь) ц(а)рь и велики кн(я)зь / Петръ Алеξееввичъ (sic) / всеiа великiiа и малыia и бѣлыia / Росiи самодръжецъ / [along the edge] пожалова(л) с(и)мъ ковъшемъ города Орла та/моженного и кабацкого збору бурмистра Гараема Θедорова сына / Круткова
что он будучи в сим АΨΙ году в товарыщах з бурмистром сь Iваномъ Ѡщепковымъ прибрал ҂Д умг рублеи и ... ден(ег)ъ; [Translation] Peter Alexeevich
by the grace of God great sovereign Czar and Grand Prince of all Great
Little and White Russia
awarded with this kovsh Thedore Krutkov’s son Garaem
bailiff for the customs and tavern duties in the town of Orel
for having collected during the present year 1710 in partnership with the bailiff Ivan Oshchepkov 400 (?) roubles…; [Transcription] On the back of the handle: весу 90. зо(лотников); [Translation] 90 zolotniks of weight [1 zolotnik = 4.265 gramms]
med
silver, parcel gilt
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