Lot 808
  • 808

A Silver-Gilt and Cloisonné Enamel Icon of St Nicholas the Wonderworker, Moscow, circa 1890

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Tempera on wood panel, gilded silver, enamel
  • 31 by 27cm, 12 by 10 1/2 in.
depicting the saint at half length, wearing bishop's vestments and holding the Gospels in his left hand, the silver-gilt oklad finely chased and applied with brightly-coloured enamel spandrels and halo, struck with maker's mark S.G. (Cyrillic), unidentified