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A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL ICON OF ST NICHOLAS
Lot 266

A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL ICON OF ST NICHOLAS

BY OLOVYANISHNIKOV SONS, MARK OF KUZMA KONOV, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

Closed5 June 2017

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A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL ICON OF ST NICHOLAS
BY OLOVYANISHNIKOV SONS, MARK OF KUZMA KONOV, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
The figure of St Nicholas realistically painted, the mother-of-pearl border set with amethysts, with a silver-gilt filigree panel, the halo set with an aquamarine and cabochon tourmalines, with brocade backing, marked throughout
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high

Specialist note

Kuzma Konov was a leading workmaster in Olovyanishnikov Sons' icon workshop. His innovative and modern icons were particularly sought after among Moscow clientele in the 1910s. Comparable designs of icons depicting St Nicholas and decorated with mother-of-pearl are illustrated in Olovyanishnikov Sons' Catalogue, Moscow, 1915-1916, pp. 10, 14.