A gem-set silver-gilt icon of the Kazanskaya Mother of God, 1st Moscow Artel, 1908-1917

A gem-set silver-gilt icon of the Kazanskaya Mother of God, 1st Moscow Artel, 1908-1917

the frame with repoussé and cast and chased scrolled floral ornament, with arch shaped top, set with five cabochon amethysts, the velvet reverse with a commemorative engraving in Russian 'From the Honorable Clergy of the third district to their highly esteemed Dean Sergius Smolyazhensky on the 25th anniversary of the priesthood' struck on the lower edge with maker's mark, 84 standard

30.5 by 26cm, 12 by 10 1/5in.