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Authentic antique 19th-century Russian Orthodox brass traveling icon "The Mother of Good Joy of All Who Sorrows." The central figure is the Virgin Mary holding a warder in her right hand, with groups of people on either side. At the top is an image of Jesus Christ as the King of Kings.

MEASUREMENTS: 6.3 x 5.2 cm (2.48 x 2.05 inches)

CONDITION: in good condition considering its age, with a lovely old patina.

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Antique, circa 1900 A.D. Russian Arts and Crafts” Kustar Art” Pyrogravure, hand painted, wood tobacco box of the Abramtsevo workshop. Lid depicts a peasant woman sitting in front of a traditional Russian country home. The sides decorated with chequered medallions within floral ornaments.

Arts and Crafts in Late Imperial Russia is the first account of the revival of Russia's kustar art industries peasant crafts of wood carving, toy production, lacemaking, embroidery, and weaving - from i...

Antique, circa 1900 A.D. Imperial Russian pewter souvenir vodka shot cup decorated in low relief with three elaborated cartouches depicting the most famous monuments in imperial Saint Petersburg as follows: “The Column of Glory” (Commemorating Russian victory in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878), “Monument to Peter the Great” (The Bronze Horseman) and the “Monument to Catherine the Great." Each monument inscribed in Cyrillic with the Russian names of those monuments, and a small panel ...