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For similar niello icons and medallions see A. Solodkoff, Russian Gold and Silver, (London, 1981), illus. p.30
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A PARCEL-GILT NIELLO ICON
Velikii Ustiug, circa 1770
Depicting the miracle workers of Velikii Ustiug Saint Prokopi and Saint John with the Church of Velikii Ustiug in the background on gilt stippled ground with the Lord Sabbaoth above, within a silver and niello foliage border - 10.5 by 8 cm ; together with an ovl parcel-gilt niello medallion depicting a saint on one side and the Mother of God on the other side - Velikii Ustiug, circa 1770 - (54 gr and 31 gr) (2)
Velikii Ustiug, circa 1770
Depicting the miracle workers of Velikii Ustiug Saint Prokopi and Saint John with the Church of Velikii Ustiug in the background on gilt stippled ground with the Lord Sabbaoth above, within a silver and niello foliage border - 10.5 by 8 cm ; together with an ovl parcel-gilt niello medallion depicting a saint on one side and the Mother of God on the other side - Velikii Ustiug, circa 1770 - (54 gr and 31 gr) (2)