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| Keywords: Vasilli Matveev Kunkin - Drinking Bowl (Kovsh) - Walters 57799.jpg Kovshi are boat-shaped bowls or ladles originally made of wood which can be traced back to the 14th century This piece carries the double-headed eagle state emblem of the Russian Empire By the 18th century large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 1758 Early Modern parcel gilt on silver H cm 15 3 accession number 57 799 31094 Alexandre Polovtsoff Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov St Petersburg and Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1928 Translation in the cartouches 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 A Millennium of Christianity Russian Art from The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 place of origin Moscow Russia Walters Art Museum license Vasilli Matveev Kunkin Collections of the Walters Art Museum Silver bowls Bowls drinking vessels 1758 works in Russia Double-headed eagles Russia in the 18th century Silver-gilt Ladles Double-headed eagle of Russia Kovshs Elizabeth of Russia 1758 in art | ||||
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