Keywords: Russian - Drinking Bowl (Korchik) - Walters 57795 - Detail A.jpg Such large cups known in Russian as a korchik were used for drinking wine and mead in wealthy households Unusually this one belonged to a woman century 17 Early Modern nut wood shell or shell composite silver parcel gilt cm 10 8 accession number 57 795 30262 Alexandre Polovtsoff Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov Saint Petersburg and Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Translation along the edge This kovsh belongs to the secretary s spouse Eudocia daughter of Ivan wife of Roman Arkhipov place of origin Russia Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Russia Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Drinking Bowl Korchik - Walters 57795 |