Russia, Imperial. A Framed Icon Of Our Lady Of The Sign Of Novgorod, C.1900 United Republic of Barthelmy of Ashtabula

Barthelmy of Ashtabula

By this time he was working in the SS administration

the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing the leftward facing gilt bust of Herzog Albrecht

attached to a button marked CTRIA CARDENAL CISNEROS in brass

hallmarked with an eagle's head on the reverse of the integral suspension

Russia, Imperial. A Framed Icon Of Our Lady Of The Sign Of Novgorod, C.1900 United Republic of Barthelmy of AshtabulaA framed and extremely well preserved icon of Our Lady of the Sign of Novgorod. Constructed of a gessoed and tooled wooden base with egg tempera, the obverse of the icon features a gilded base with an arabesque border, topped at the corners by black discs bearing Greek characters MP Y (Mother of God), surrounding a hand painted image of the Theotokos with hands raised in prayer at the moment of the Annunciation, cloaked in a red veil with a blue