Ковш с эмалевой миниатюрой по картине Маковского “Сваха”.
Kovshi
Russian Silver and Faberge
Fedor Ruckert
The miniature painting depicts an older woman counseling a younger seated on a bench. The women’s’ lavish costumes and jewelry as well as the brocaded fabric on the background wall are indicative of their social status.
The sides of the kovsh are decorated with Rückert’s characteristic motifs: triangles, spirals, trees, and abstract circular blossoms in his late muted colors: grayish blue, green, white and brown. The handle’s angular shape may have been inspired by an early wooden kovsh. Its decoration adheres to the same color schemes and patterns used in the bowl although handle’s upper and lower edges are executed in raised filigree enamel over a stippled gilt ground.
1908-1917.
H: 1 7/16 x W: 1 5/16 x D: 2 5/8 in. (3.6 x 3.33 x 6.6 cm)


Old postcard with the same subject.

Ковши
Русское Серебро и Фаберже
Фёдор Рюкерт