A gem-set silver icon of St Alexis, Man of God, maker's mark Cyrillic V.A.S., Moscow, circa 1890

Property from the collection of the late Visconde de Lançada

A gem-set silver icon of St Alexis, Man of God, maker's mark Cyrillic V.A.S., Moscow, circa 1890

chased and engraved to illustrate the saint lying down within an interior, with the light of God beaming down over him from a cloud, the corners each set with three large cabochon amethysts and garnets, struck to the lower edge and in the field with maker's mark, 84 standard

27.5 by 18.5cm; 10⅞by 7¼in.