TWO CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL KOVSHI, LARGER KOVSH OVCHINNIKOV, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SMALLER KOVSH WITH MAKER'S MARK PR (CYRILLIC), MOSCOW, 1899-1908

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TWO CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL KOVSHI, LARGER KOVSH OVCHINNIKOV, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SMALLER KOVSH WITH MAKER'S MARK PR (CYRILLIC), MOSCOW, 1899-1908

the larger kovsh enamelled overall with flowers and foliate scrolls in shaded pastel colours on gilt stippled grounds, the rim with a band of geometric design, hooked handle, struck on the base with P.Ovchinnikov in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant, 84 standard; the smaller one with the prow shaped as a head of a bird, the handle as a feathered tail, enamelled overall with shaded flowers on gilt stippled grounds, marked with unidentified initials PR (Cyrillic), possibly for Petr Rykovsky, 84 standard

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length of larger kovsh 15cm, 5⅞in.