A Russian silver gilt and cloisonné enamel kovsh, the compressed bowl and flared handle painted in bright polychrome enamels with scrolling foliage with shaded detail on a cream ground, 12cm l, cyrillic maker's mark, Moscow 1899-1908. ++In fine condition except most of the gilding now rubbed; with pre 1953 Dutch tax mark and some small old polish residues, no restoration