Wine ladle, Russia, ca. 1735
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1735
Wine ladle in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number M.37-1949), made in Russia, dated ca. 1735. The museum's brief description reads: Wine ladle (kovsh), partially gilded silver, cast and engraved, Russia, ca. 1735. Museum description: Shallow oval ladle raised from a single sheet with a badge showing a double-headed eagle set in the base, the handle cast in form of a crest, the inside gilt, engraved with a portrait of the Empress Anne. The museum records it as Silver, parcel-gilt, measuring Height 10.30 cm; Length 28.20 cm; Width 17.60 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Silver, parcel-gilt
- Dimensions
- Height 10.30 cm; Length 28.20 cm; Width 17.60 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Silver, parcel-gilt
- Place recorded
- Russia
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- Inscription states that the ladle was given by the Empress Anne to the Don Cossack Timothy Turaberin on March 31st, 1735.; Unmarked
Identification
- Museum object name
- Wine ladle
- Museum object number
- M.37-1949
- Museum system number
- O91418
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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