VERY RARE LARGE and HEAVY RUSSIAN SILVER and ENAMEL KOVSH, GRACHEV
A LARGE and HEAVY Russian Silver and Enamel Kovsh. Fully Signed and Hallmarked.
PROVENANCE: From an Upstate NY, Home.
CONDITION: Generally Good Condition. The item is described to the best of our knowledge. Please refer to pictures and email with any questions.
LARGE SIZE: L. 8 x with x 4 x H. 6 inches (20.3 x 10.2 x 15.2 cm). Weight: 558.4 grams (17.95 ozt).
ESTIMATE PRICE: $4,000 - $12,000.
HISTORY of SALES: A few years ago Russian silver and enamelled LARGE kovsh made by GRACHEV (!!) was sold on Live Auctioneers for $38,000 (12 years ago), other items made by GRACHEV were sold for $8,000 (10 years ago), $15,000 (9 years ago), $18,000 (8 years ago) - please see the screenshots.
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WORKMASTER: Factory of brothers Grachevs ('Br. Grachevy'). The gold, silver and electroplating products factory was founded in St. Petersburg in 1866 by silversmith Gavriil Petrovich Grachev, who had previously worked for Gasse. After his death in 1873, the business was continued by his sons Mikhail, Simon and Grigory, who renamed the enterprise into 'Br. Grachevy. Silverware production” (since 1895). Until 1889 - the year of the workshop opening - the firm did not have its own brand. On the items it sold, there were 'names' of the masters who worked for it. In 1892, the firm was awarded the title of court vendors of the Imperial Russian Imperial Court, reaffirmed in 1901. In 1895 the factory was opened, in 1900 the Trade House was organized. The company ceased operations on March 2, 1918. The firm was engaged in the production of sculpture, objects of worship, everyday life, toilet, dining and tea sets, dishes, selling their products not only in Russia but abroad, where they were, as contemporaries wrote, in considerable demand. The works of the brothers' factory were awarded at the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod, as well as at exhibitions in Copenhagen (1888) and Chicago (1893). Despite the fact that the Grachev brothers' factory became famous in St. Petersburg as an enterprise for creating objects in the 'Russian' style, the masters also worked in the style of historicism. They performed in a variety of jewelry techniques, including enamel.

WIKIPEDIA: The Kovsh is a traditional drinking vessel or ladle from Russia. It was oval-shaped like a boat with a single handle and may be shaped like a water bird or a Norse longship. Originally the Kovsh made from wood and used to serve and drink mead, with specimens excavated from as early as the tenth century. Metal Kovsh began to appear around the 14th century, although it also continued to be carved out of wood and was frequently brightly painted in peasant motifs. By the 17th century, the Kovsh was often an ornament rather than a practical vessel, and in the 19th century it was elaborately cast in precious metals for presentation as an official gift of the tsarist government.

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