A RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SILVER ENAMEL KOVSH - RUSSIA - 1850 - 1899, G.P. GRACHEV

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A RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SILVER ENAMEL KOVSH - RUSSIA - 1850 - 1899, G.P. GRACHEV:
$8500.00

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marcosvisconti store Increase traffic to your listing with Auctiva\'s FREE Scrolling Gallery.A RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SILVER CLOISONNE ENAMEL KOVSH - G.P. GRACHEV

circa 1890

Mark ofG.P. GRACHEV, ST. Petersburg, 1882 - 1899.

Of traditional form, with raised prow and hook handle, enamelled with blue, green, red and white stylised foliage, the rim with light blue borders, the handle markedTsarskoye Selo, 1898.Marked inside the bowl with dates and place names (see below):

Marked under base.

Measures 10 cms approximately

Weight: 65 grams

Lot note:

It appears that this kovsh may be related to Gran Duke Boris Vladimirovich. The inscriptions in Cyrillic inside the kovsh coincide with the dates and places visited during his world tour between Jan 1902 and October 1902 and his joining theTzar´s army in 1903 to fight in the Russo-Japanese war.

Inscriptions inside the kovsh:

6 Июля 1903 г. 138 Балаховский пех. полк, 28 Авг. 1904г

34 Восточно-Сиб. Стр. п.

4 Сентября 1904г.

День проводов

Отъезд 7 Сен.

19 Сент. 1904 г.

Броненосец «Севастополь»

Нагасаки Кобе Йокосама 12-23 Июня 1902г.

Откр. Тира 26 Ноября 1902 г.

25 лет

Геор. знам. Красн. Село

Нил, Каир, 17 Января 1902г.

Эск. Броненосец «Пересвет» Суэц-Аден Коломбо 30 Января 5 Марта 1902 г.

Ганг Бенарес, 9 Апреля 1902г

Possible translation:

Nile, Cairo 17thof January 1902.

Fleet armour-clad “Peresvet”,

Suez-Aden Colombo 30 of January 5 of March 1902.

Gang Benares, 9thof April 1902.

armor-clad Sevastopol

Nagasaki Kobe Yokohama 12-23 of June 1902.

Discovery of Tir, 26 of November 1902.

25 years

Saint George banner, Red village

July 6, 1903, 138 Balakhov infantry regiment,

August 28, 1904, 34 East-Siberian front (rifle) regiment,

September 4, 1904, Farewell ceremony day

Departure 7 of September

September 19, 1904.