A Russian Icon of the Kurskaya-Korennaya Mother of God with gilded silver oklad

depicting the Mother of God of the Sign surrounded by the Lord Sabaoth and figures of Prophets holding scrolls, the gilded silver oklad chased with scrolling ornament and strapwork, the applied halos with engraved wavy decoration, with enameled identificatory plaques along the upper border, Dmitrii Orlov, Moscow, 1861, 84 standard, also with pricked weight

the icon cover of unusually good weight and skillfully made, as is typical of the Dmitrii Orlov workshop, and with attractive patina; the icon surface with some small surface damage from the back of the oklad and slight discoloration; the applied enamel plaques with a few scattered smalls cracks, the back of the panel set with metal hooks and suspension ring
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The Kursk Icon of the Mother of God, Found Among the Roots, is so called because the wonderworking image was discovered in the roots of an oak tree in 1295. It depicts the Mother of the God of the Sign with the Lord Sabaoth and Old Testament Prophets, all holding scrolls inscribed with their prophesies of the Mother of God. This icon is considered sacred to the Russian army, particularly the Cossacks, and was often brought to bless the troops before important battles. The prototype for this icon was taken abroad in 1919 and since 1951 has been installed in New York, where it has come to be known as the Hodegetria of the Russian Diaspora. The cover was made in the workshop of Dmitrii Orlov, famed for its liturgical silver in the mid-19th century. The firm flourished from 1840-1872 and was awarded a Large Silver Medal at the 1865 All-Russian Manufacturing Exhibition in Moscow.