Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Drawings & Prints with a locking frieze drawer

with a locking frieze drawer (key is present)

Each cover having corresponding decoration to the jars

striking the hours on a circular gong

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breeches and stockings

Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Drawings & Prints with a locking frieze drawerAn antique 19th Century Russian Orthodox hand painted egg tempera & gilded icon of Saint Pelagia and Saint James, circa 1860. This very fine antique Russian icon is painted in the academic style rather than the more stylized Byzantine style. Painted with egg tempera on limewood, depicting two saints, each titled in cyrillic script. The border having raised gilded and polychrome geometric and floral decoration. The quality of the painting and gilding