Antique 19c 84 Silver Russian Icon of Christ & kiot
Silver and Enamel Icons
$5,500.00
FINELY PAINTED RUSSIAN SilVER ICON OF CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
Early 19th Century.
Ornate repoussé silver riza with a gilded halo. Silver marks for St. Petersburg, 1839, maker's mark “AC”, and assayer’s mark for Dimitry Ilyich Tverskoy. Set within a wooden frame within a glass-fronted wooden shadow box.
Icon 10.5” x 8.5” (26 x 22 cm).
Kiot 14.5” x 12.5” x 3.125”.
Provenance:
The estate of Antoine Volkoff, former Consul General of the Imperial Russian Government in Chicago in the 1910’s.