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Kovsh
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This kovsh is restrained in design and decoration. The exterior is enameled in a green and pearly white fish-scale pattern with each scale engraved to delineate veins. Its border is mounted with three circular amethysts set on silver squares. On the upper surface of the handle, a symmetrical pattern of silver leaves and vines has been applied to the translucent green enamel over a guilloché surface. A large oval amethyst with framed with white enamel ovals is mounted on the handle.
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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.
Leo Kaplan, New York; Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., March 6, 1981, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
Geographies
Russia, Saint Petersburg (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 9/16 x W: 4 1/2 x D: 2 13/16 in. (6.5 x 11.4 x 7.2 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.976