A COLLECTION OF SILVER ECCLESIASTICAL PIECES AND THREE MEDALS

OTTOMAN TURKEY AND RUSSIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A COLLECTION OF SILVER ECCLESIASTICAL PIECES AND THREE MEDALS
OTTOMAN TURKEY AND RUSSIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising one tray with radiating borders, with Armenian maker's mark and inscription to the base dated 1887 AD; a circular gilt paten engraved with the Crucifixion, the rim with Armenian inscription, with maker's mark and assay; a silver-repoussé tray with two profile portraits, inscribed in Greek; two silver repoussé plaques, one a corner plaque with saint Mark and a lion, the other in the form of a flaming sacred-heart; a French silver burette on flaring foot; and three medals, two silver and one gilt
The largest tray 11¾in. (30cm.) across

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Lot Essay

The large silver medal was produced to commemorate the construction of the Polish railways from 1883 to 1887. The smaller silver medalis was produced to commemorate the building of a monument to Emperor Alexander II during the reign of Alexander III by the St Petersburg stock merchants, 14 September 1886-19 February 1887.

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