A parcel-gilt silver icon of St. Vladimir the Great, Nikolai Tarabrov, Moscow, 1899-1908

the elderly saint raising a martyr's cross and bringing his left hand to his chest, his parcel-gilt halo with applied and chased silver-gilt foliate motifs against a stippled silver ground, the raised border similarly decorated with applied and chased foliate scrollwork, struck to the robes with maker’s mark, 84 standard

Height 27 cm x 22.5 cm; 10 5/8 in x 8 7/8 in.