A SILVER-GILT IMPERIAL PRESENTATION KOVSH

A SILVER-GILT IMPERIAL PRESENTATION KOVSH

PROBABLY MOSCOW, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Of traditional form with raised prow and handle, the interior of the bowl engraved with an Imperial double-headed eagle, the exterior sides of the bowl engraved with an Old Russian inscription \'By the Grace of God Great Lord Tsar and Great Prince Mikhail Feodorovich, Autocrat of all Russia\', apparently unmarked, engraved under base in Cyrillic \'D 105\'

11 7⁄8 in. (30 cm.) long

16.6 oz. (517 gr.)