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Drinking Bowl (Kovsh)

Russian (Artist)

late 17th century

silver, parcel gilt
(Baroque Europe )

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.

Inscription

[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]

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2017-2018	Fabergé and the Russian Crafts Tradition: An Empire's Legacy . The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1988-1989	A Millennium of Christianity: Russian Art from The Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1959-1960	Russian Art: Icons and Decorative Arts from the Origin to the Twentieth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
8/24/2015	Treatment	Cleaned
8/24/2015	Treatment	Cleaned to remove aged acrylic coating and silver tarnish in preparation for exhibition.
8/24/2015	Examination	Examined in preparation for exhibition.
8/24/2015	Examination	Examined

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Russia (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 4 5/16 × W: 10 11/16 × D: 7 1/16 in. (10.9 × 27.1 × 17.9 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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57.797

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Drinking Bowl (Kovsh)

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Drinking Bowl (Kovsh)

Inscription

Provenance Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Exhibitions

Conservation

Geographies

Measurements

Credit Line

Location in Museum

Accession Number In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

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Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.