Description
Russian Silver Icon c.1760 of rectangular form,the subject of the Madonna and Child sensitively painted in oil on board supported on a velvet cover to the reverse. In traditional style the silver frame is relieved on those areas which reveal the humanity of the referred details. Marked for silver quality 84% manufacture mark for Aleksey Spiridonov workshop (moved to Moscow 1762 from Petrograd) and the assay office by Aleksandr Timofeyvich Shevyakov in Petrograd 1760
2¾” Wide 3¼” tall
£550
JD
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