A SILVER-GILT ICON OF ARCHANGEL MICHAEL
MARKED GRACHEV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, ST. PETERSBURG, 1894
Rectangular, the Archangel realistically painted, in his right hand holding a sword, in his left hand holding a spear, standing in a cloudscape, all within a silver border cast and chased with scrolling foliage and crosses at the corners, with velvet backing, signed in the lower right corner in Cyrillic 'F. Platonov', marked on lower border and lower edge
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high by 8¼ in. (21 cm.) wide
A SILVER-GILT ICON OF ARCHANGEL MICHAEL
MARKED GRACHEV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, ST. PETERSBURG, 1894
Rectangular, the Archangel realistically painted, in his right hand holding a sword, in his left hand holding a spear, standing in a cloudscape, all within a silver border cast and chased with scrolling foliage and crosses at the corners, with velvet backing, signed in the lower right corner in Cyrillic 'F. Platonov', marked on lower border and lower edge
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high by 8¼ in. (21 cm.) wide
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