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Source Description
"Kovshi" are boat-shaped bowls or ladles, originally made of wood, which can be traced back to the 14th century. This piece carries the double-headed eagle, state emblem of the Russian Empire. By the 18th century, large drinking bowls like this one were were no longer used as actual tableware but were rather awarded as gifts by the sovereign and proudly displayed at home by their recepients.The inscription notes that Empress Elizabeth I (1709-1762) presented this sumptuous example to the merchant Konan Saveschkov, who had been a contractor for the army since 1752.
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Document identity
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31094
label
Drinking Bowl (Kovsh)
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Source metadata
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31094
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title
Drinking Bowl (Kovsh)
description
"Kovshi" are boat-shaped bowls or ladles, originally made of wood, which can be traced back to the 14th century. This piece carries the double-headed eagle, state emblem of the Russian Empire. By the 18th century, large drinking bowls like this one were were no longer used as actual tableware but were rather awarded as gifts by the sovereign and proudly displayed at home by their recepients.The inscription notes that Empress Elizabeth I (1709-1762) presented this sumptuous example to the merchant Konan Saveschkov, who had been a contractor for the army since 1752.
provenance
Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), St. Petersburg and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1758 (Early Modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
cups (drinking vessels)
bowls
drinking vessels
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11
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11
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
16.3
height
33.1
depth
21.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 7/16 × W: 13 1/16 × D: 8 5/16 in. (16.3 × 33.1 × 21.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Russian
style
Baroque
inscriptions
[Transcription] In the cartouches: Б(о)жиею м(и)л(о)стию мы Елїсаветъ Первая їмператрица / ї самодержица / всероссиїская / ї прочая ї прочая ї прочая [on the sides] пожаловали мы симъ кофшем московского первої гилдиї коупца Конона Васильева с(ы)на Сабелщїкова за показанные от него при торгах в главном камисариате о порядке на нашу армию съ 1752 году на шесть лѣтъ вещеї в приращение нашего высочаишаго їнтереса устоупки ї чтобъ ѡнъ ї впредъ в поставке таковыхъ на армию вещеї к ползе нашего интереса ревность їмелъ; [Translation] We
Elizabeth the First by the grace of God empress and sovereign of all Russia
etcetera
etcetera
etcetera
awarded with this ""kovsh"" the Moscow merchant of the first guild Konon
son of Basil Sabelshchikov
for the discounts he has been making for six years since 1752 to the advantage of our most high interest at the Main Commissariat auctions for the supplying of our army
and so that he may also in the future show zeal in providing such supplies for the army to the advantage of our interest.
dynasty
House of Romanov
reign
Elizabeth I (1741-1762)
med
parcel gilt on silver
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7572
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