Russian Gilt Silver Icon of Saint, 1884 St. Petersburg
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A Russian .875 silver gilt oklad and painted icon of a Saint, 1884 St Petersburg, zolotniki 84, assayer's mark for Aleksandr Frans Fan-der-Flit, maker's mark for a. Ryarkov, the repousse revetment with a floral and strapwork border enclosing the figure shown with orthodox liturgical vestments and a halo engraved with Cyrillic inscriptions, with painted face and hands, upon a wooden panel clad in velvet, height 18 cm, width 14 cm
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- Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- religious objects, Christian - Orthodox Christian artefacts 68
- religious objects, Orthodox