35. A Silver Gilt and Niello Travelling Set, Moscow, Russia, Makers Mark E.E.

Comprising; a knife, fork, and spoon decorated with stylized scrolling foliage on recto and verso, the knife fitted with a steel blade stamped under the Imperial warrant "Yakovleva", all pieces hallmarked with the town mark for Moscow and Maker's Mark "ee"; together with the original fitted case. Note: The maker's mark "ee" is unidentified (see Postnikova-Loseva, Moscow, "Nauka", 1983, p. 214, #2436), but numerous works by this silversmith are on display in the State Museum of History in Moscow. Knife: 10 1/4" l. Fork: 8 1/2" l. Spoon: 8 1/2" l.

1,000/3,000

36. An Unusual Brass Triptych, Central Russia, Mid-19th Century

Painted with Christ Pantocrator against an ochre ground, the left wing painted with Saint George on a white charger, the right wing painted with Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky clad in armour, the image of Christ surmounted by a dome engraved with the "all seeing eye of God," and two seraphim, the frame cast with a stylized foliate pattern. 21" h., 10 1/4" w. (open).

1,500/2,500     SOLD: $1,092.50

37. Two Silver Gilt Asterisks, Moscow, Russia

One cross form engraved with stylized strapwork, surmounted by an engraved medallion depicting the eye of God, hallmarked by Prokopy Nikitin; together with a cross form engraved with stylized strapwork, surmounted by a medallion engraved with the eye of God, hallmarked by Andrei Postnikov. Nikitin: 3" h., Postnokov: 2 1/2" h.

1,000/2,000

38. A Miniature Icon, The Mother Of God, Joy To Those Who Grieve, Moscow, Russia, Circa 1884

Finely painted with an image of the Mother Of God and Christ, encased within a fine silver gilt riza dated 1884 Moscow. 2 3/4" x 3 1/2".

1,000/2,000     SOLD: $517.50

39. An Original Russian Document, 18th Century

Comprising four pimages on Imperial crest water marked paper, each stamped on the top right corner, dated 1740, the last page signed by Her Imperial Majesty Empress Elizabeth and dated August 18, 1743. Note: This document is a "Ukaz" or instruction, the first page reads: "Ukaz of Her Imperial Majesty Empress of All Russians..." the rest is in old slavic and needs translation. 13" x 8" approximately.

1,000/2,000     SOLD: $460.00

40. A Russian Icon, Christ Pantocrator, 19th Century, Moscow,

Oil on wood panel, encased in a fine silver gilt repousee and engraved riza maker's initials in Cyrillic: S.G. 10" x 8".

1,000/2,000     SOLD: $920.00

41. A Russian Icon, The Vladimir Mother of God, 19th Century

Oil on wood, encased in a silver repousee riza with a gilt halo with a crown, circa 1870, Nizhni Novgorod. 12 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 1 1/4".

1,000/2,000     SOLD: $690.00

42. A Silver Egg Cup, by Peter Baskakov, Moscow, Russia

The ovoid two-part form engraved with a scrolling floral motif, opening to reveal two stands which detach to form two egg cups, hallmarked. 2 1/2" h.

1,000/2,000

43. A Miniature Silver Diptych by Ivan Gubkin, Moscow, Russia

The doomed diptych containing icons of St. Sergei of Radonezh and St. Nicholas the miracle worker, the exterior engraved with a floral strapwork design, hallmarked. 2 3/4" l., 4" w.

1,000/2,000     SOLD: $460.00

44. An Ivory Covered Prayer Book, Russia, Circa 1880

Including iconographic imimages of various saints and a prayer for the reigning monarch, Alexander II, and his family, bound in an ivory cover elaborately carved with a strapwork design centering a cross. 7 1/2" l., 7" w.

1,000/2,000     SOLD: $1,322.50