Bidspirit auction | Icon in a silver frame

Icon in a silver frame (84 proof) ”Kazan Virgin”. The turn of the XIX and XX centuries. Oil board (icon); silver, sawing, engraving (salary), 22 x 17.5 cm. - The reverse side is covered with a shirt made of dark red fabric with traces of use, it is worn in several places on the side of the board. The Mother of God is depicted almost to the waist, her head bends to the right, towards the Infant Christ, who blesses with his right hand, the left is hidden under a himantium cloak, the faces are rounded, with regular features, the salary has two stamps on each of the details, the first is oval, with the head of a girl in a cocoon turned to the right, and the breakdown 84, which is in front of her face. Behind it, in the stamp, there is a triangle, this arrangement is evidence of the period during which the salary was paid (1908-1917) and the place where the sample was placed (Moscow or the Moscow region). The second stamp is the namesake of the master jeweler. It consists of embossed letters N.T. This combination of impact stamps is located in three places (there are 6 stamps on the salary), since the salary consists of three assembled parts: a halo (the stamp in the lower left part of the detail) of the main part of the salary, made of a single silver sheet (the second pair of stamps are in the right lower part) and a profiled frame without ornaments (the third pair of stamps are located on the lower part of the frame, in the middle )