Icon - St. Nicholas - in silver cover.

oil on board, pr. 84 silver, gilt; underside of painting covered with crimson faded plush; 22.5 x 18.2 x 2.5 cm.
Russia, Moscow, goldsmith Sergey Karlovich Zakharov; early 20th century.
Image of St. Nicholas - bishop of Mirra - Miracle-worker (lived 280 - 345/352), wearing mitre (superimposed on image separately) with Deesis motif; right hand in blessing gesture, in left hand closed Book. Nimb in the form of a wreath, with an openwork edge. Cover repoussed, gilded; bordure with geometric pattern. At the height of the nimbus - in the clouds - on the left Christ, on the right Mary. Signatures on the lower edge of the cover and on the nimbus: the sample "84", the Moscow city guild - St. George, the goldsmith's monogram in Cyrillic:"ϹКЗ".