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centred with a painted icon depicting Our Lady of Kazan mounted within an oval aperture, the ornate elongated hexagonal frame decorated in the Old Russian taste with raised and chased stylised floral and foliate motifs in silver, mounted with four sapphire cabochons, suspended from a pentagonal loop with a wooden backplate.
Signed ‘K.ФАБЕРЖЕ’ beneath the Imperial warrant.
Length: 6.9cm
This image of the Blessed Mother is based on an icon known as ‘Our Lady of Kazan’ which was believed to have travelled to Russia from Constantinople during the 13th Century. It was one of the most precious objects in the Russian Orthodox Church and was considered the palladium of Russia.