Large Imperial Russian Silver Kovsh With Bogatyr, St. Petersburg Ca 1900

  

EXCEPTIONALLY RARE MONUMENTAL SOLID SILVER RUSSIAN KOVSH IN THE FORM OF A BOAT, BEAUTIFULLY AND ARTISTICALLY DECORATED WITH 2 BOGATYRS (RUSSIAN KNIGHTS) WITH ARMORS, HORNS, WAVES AND VESSELS ALL FINELY DETAILED AND MASTERLY COMPOSED. IT WEIGHTS 125.5 OZ OR OVER 3550 GRAMS AND IS ABOUT 17 INCHES TALL, 14.5 INCHES LONG AND ABOUT 9 INCHES WIDE. IT IS STAMPED BY DOUBLE HEAD EAGLE FOR IMPERIAL WARRANT, 84 AND ST, PETERSBURG CITY MARK, ALSO STAMPED BY MIKHAEL OVCHINNIKOV, OLDER SON OF PAVEL OVCHINNIKOV AS THE MASTER SILVER MAKER. IT IS REALLY A MUSEUM PIECE AND SECOND TO NONE. The item "LARGE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN SILVER KOVSH WITH BOGATYR, ST.

PETERSBURG CA 1900" is in sale since Saturday, April 13, 2019. This item is in the category "Antiques\Silver\Non-U. The seller is "exotic-persian-rugs" and is located in Laguna Niguel, California. This item can be shipped to United States.

1. Age: 1900 - 1908
2. Type: KOVSH
3. Composition: 84 STANDARD RUSSIAN SILVER