MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'NSH', MOSCOW, 1899-1908

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A CHAMPLEVÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL SILVER-GILT TRIPTYCH
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'NSH', MOSCOW, 1899-1908
The icon of St Sergei of Radonezh realistically painted on metal, signed 'A. Borozdin' in lower right corner, within a stylised frame with two green champlevé enamelled columns on each side surmounted by a green enamel roof of tabernacle form beneath a red and white cross finial decorated with pearls, the openwork outer panels enamelled with stylised seraphs, the reverse with suspension loop and stand and engraved in Russian '[From] the Moscow nobility [to] the Moscow Governor-General S.K. Hoerschelmann / 1906-1909', marked throughout
5 5/8 in. (14.4 cm.) high

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General Sergei Konstantinovich Hoerschelmann (1854-1910) graduated from the Corps des Pages in 1873 and was promoted to the Horse Grenadier Guard regiment. He fought during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) during which he received the Order of St George Fourth class and a golden award.
Alexander Borozdin (1880-1942) was the Head Painter of the Russian Imperial Court Icon Painting Workshop until 1917.
For a comparable icon given to Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna by the officers of the Yacht Tsarevna in 1894, see Christie's, Geneva, 17 May 1995, lot 352.

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