A SILVER-GILT TWO-HANDLED CUP AND A SILVER KOVSH THE CUP, MAKER’S MARK INDISTINCT, ST PETERSBURG, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY; THE KOVSH, RUSSIA, CIRCA 1890 The cup, circular, the handles cast and chased as phoenixes forming a stem, on a circular foot, the front engraved with Cyrillic monogram ‘MP’ beneath a crown for Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786–1859), marked under base and rim; the kovsh, of traditional form with raised prow, the polished body with beaded border, the handle set with a rouble from the period of Emperor Alexander III dated 1883, apparently unmarked, with French import marks The kovsh, 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) long, and smaller 6.36 oz. (198 gr.)
A SILVER-GILT TWO-HANDLED CUP AND A SILVER KOVSH THE CUP, MAKER’S MARK INDISTINCT, ST PETERSBURG, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY; THE KOVSH, RUSSIA, CIRCA 1890 The cup, circular, the handles cast and chased as phoenixes forming a stem, on a circular foot, the front engraved with Cyrillic monogram ‘MP’ beneath a crown for Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786–1859), marked under base and rim; the kovsh, of traditional form with raised prow, the polished body with beaded border, the handle set with a rouble from the period of Emperor Alexander III dated 1883, apparently unmarked, with French import marks The kovsh, 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) long, and smaller 6.36 oz. (198 gr.)
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