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LARGE RUSSIAN PENDANT ICON CIRCA 1800
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A LARGE RUSSIAN SILVER GILT DOUBLE SIDED PENDANT ICON, CIRCA 1800. The large oval pendant painted on one side with the Vladimir Mother of God and on the other with the Transfiguration. Each side overlaid with a finely repousséd and chased heavily gilded silver Riza and held in a gilded silver frame with integral suspension loop at top center. The edge of the bezel form frame engraved in Cyrillic, "The blessing of the parent Kirill Bezrodnuiy, given to his son Pyotr on his departure for Saint Petersburg in the year 1800". Height 5.75 inches (14.5 cm)
