A Very Rare pair of Russian jewelled silver and enamel wedding crowns, Ivan Dmitrovich Chichelev, Moscow, 1881

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09.06.2021 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 207 | A Very Rare pair of Russian jewelled silver and enamel wedding crowns, Ivan Dmitrovich Chichelev, Moscow, 1881
A Very Rare pair of Russian jewelled silver and enamel wedding crowns, Ivan Dmitrovich Chichelev, Moscow, 1881



Each set with three miniature icons, one with Saints Constantin and Helena centred by Our Lady of the Sign, the second with Christ Pantocrator flanked by the Mother of God and St John the Baptist, each with an enamelled band of multicoloured foliage bordered by a line of blue paterae, the lower part with a band of simulated rubies and emeralds edges with simulated pearls, each crown surmounted by a cross, with crimson velvet linings, struck on the interior with maker’s initials

height 15cm, 6in.
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