A SILVER AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ICON OF SAINT NICHOLAS THE WONDERWORKER, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

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A SILVER AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ICON OF SAINT NICHOLAS THE WONDERWORKER, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

radiating reeded ground, the robes repoussé and chased in trompe l'oeil style, the halo and Bible decorated with polychrome flowers in pastel shades, struck on the base and front with unrecorded initials N.I.Z (Cyrillic) and 10th Ar., possibly for the 10th Silver Artel, 84 standard

31.3 by 26.8cm, 12¼ by 10½in.