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IMPERIAL CIPHER
IMPERIAL CIPHER
14.23
Unknown (Jeweler)
19th c.
Cipher of Empress Maria Fedorovna with imperial crown above. This was given to the best pupil of the year at the Catherine Instiitute for the daughters of the nobility. It has original moire white...
EIGHT-POINTED CROSS
EIGHT-POINTED CROSS
14.230
Unknown
19th c.
The large eight-pointed brass cross depicts Christ upon a smaller eight-pointed cross, with God Savaoth above the Dove of the Holy Ghost flanked by two hovering angels in the top bar, the Sun and...
ICON OF SMOLENSK MOTHER OF GOD
ICON OF SMOLENSK MOTHER OF GOD
14.231
Unknown
18th c.
In this small metal icon of the Smolensk Mother of God, both figures are distinguished by the plain metal tsatas around their necks. The icon itself has its own rope-pattern border and may have...
ICON OF RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
ICON OF RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
14.232
Unknown
19th c.
Christ stands in a mandorla, grasping Adam by the hand to pull him out of the mouth of hell shown at bottom left. Eve kneels to his left and a sea of onlookers fill the background. The small...
ICON OF ST. GEORGE THE VICTORIOUS
ICON OF ST. GEORGE THE VICTORIOUS
14.233
Unknown
Late 18th c.-Early 19th c.
This square brass icon with a kokoshnik gable depicts St. George on horseback piercing the dragon with his spear. The hand of God emerges from a mandorla at upper right. In the gable above is...
ICON OF THE KAZAN MOTHER OF GOD
ICON OF THE KAZAN MOTHER OF GOD
14.234
Unknown
19th c.
Within a rectangular frame in the center of this brass icon is the Kazan Mother of God, her head inclined towards the Christ Child who faces the viewer with his right hand raised in blessing. Her...
FOLDING POLYPTYCH ICON
FOLDING POLYPTYCH ICON
14.235
Unknown
19th c.
Each panel of this folding brass polyptych depicts four separate scenes beneath a kokoshnik gable. From left to right the four panels depict 1) the Crucifixion, with the Annunciation, Nativity,...
Basin
Basin
14.236
Unknown
18th c.
In center is the double headed Russian eagle with a single crown with a background of leaves. About this is a rinceau border. Rim has similar rinceau interrupted by eight stylized rosettes.
Samovar
Samovar
14.237
Rosenstrauer (Firm)
ca. 1830-1840
The samovar's lid is rendered in smooth sheet-like metal and slopes downwards. At the top is a heavy ring decorated in a repoussé design of a rinceau with flowers and heavy leaves. A teapot...
BELL
BELL
14.238.1-2
after 1836
Miniature of the Moscow Tsar Bell (Royal Bell). It is surmounted with a Georgian cross with rays. It is cast in one piece but the broken piece is indicated by an engraved line. Malachite base is...
INKSTAND
INKSTAND
14.239.1-3
Unknown (Manufacturer)
1830
Circular main section has places for ink, sand and quill pen. Upper edge is engraved with palmettes, sides have four panels each with four danicng women in low relief. Flaring lower egde has...
BADGE
BADGE
14.24
Unknown
1898
Wreath of laurel and oak leaves has number 100 at bottom and Russian imperial crown at top. Within wreath is the cipher of Emperor Nicholas II superimposed on that of Paul I.