Lot 429
  • 429

A paste-set silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl panagia , Andrei Bragin, St Petersburg, circa 1890

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • silver, gilding, enamel, agate
  • height of pendant 17cm, 6 3/4 in.
centred with a painted plaque of the Mother of God of the Sign within green, white, purple and red pastes, 84 standard, on a silver-gilt link chain, struck AS (Cyrillic), Moscow, in a fabric-lined retailer's case for Vasilii Sbitov, St Petersburg

Condition

Excellent condition. The case, possibly associated, with taped sides.
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