Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich: A Russian Imperial Silver and Enamel Icon of St. Michael, Grachev Brothers, St. Petersburg, 1903

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8,000 - 12,000 USD

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Description

oil on zinc, silver, enamel
6 5/8 x 3 7/8 in.; 16.8 x 9.8 cm

rectangular, the cover enamelled with scrolling ornament in champlevé, the arched aperture framing an icon of St. Michael standing with a sword, the reverse with a Cyrillic dedicatory inscription to "Our August Chief [from] the Fifth Life Guards Mounted Battery 1878 23 November 1903" followed by a list of senior officers, with suspension ring