ANTIQUE RUSSIAN SILVER \"84\" ORTHODOX HAND-CARVED ORNATE CROSS TWO-COLOR ENAMEL
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ANTIQUE RUSSIAN SILVER \"84\" ORTHODOX HAND-CARVED ORNATE CROSS TWO-COLOR ENAMEL:
$59.00
Beautifully preserved, antique silver ornate hand-carved Cross pendant inlaid with two color enamel, blue and white. Solid silver of likely Imperial Russian origin, bears the \"84\" silver hallmark, and the \"HK\" silversmith\'s mark. The necklace loop is in well preserved, likely original condition. The cross is slightly bent, scratched and worn out due to its age and wearing, and covered with patches of darker silver patina. The enamel is mostly preserved intact. Authentic artifact from Europe, sound and wearable.The ends of the crossbars are \"budded\", with shapes of three circles, or \"buds\" each. In a Christian context, such a design could symbolically represent the Holy Trinity, similarly to the three-leaved clover, or Shamrock.
The obverse of the cross pendant bears an image of a Latin-shaped Cross inlaid with white enamel surrounded by floral, vine-like decorations, and the Sacred Name of Jesus Christ incorporated into the left and right side \"budded\" crossbar ends as the \"IC XC\" Greek Christogram.
The crossbar ends of the pendant are decorated with the vine, a symbolic representation of a new growth coming from the Life-Giving Cross, and a reminder of Christ\'s preaching according to the Saint John\'s Gospel: \"I am the vine; you are the branches\" (John 15:5).
The reverse of the cross pendant bears the \"HK\" (meaning \"NK\") two-letter abbreviation with Cyrillic letters, likely a trademark of a 19th century Russian silversmith, and the \"84\" hallmark of silver, which was the Imperial Russian standard for silver based on the ancient \"zolotnik\" unit.
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ANTIQUE RUSSIAN SILVER \"84\" ORTHODOX HAND-CARVED ORNATE CROSS TWO-COLOR ENAMEL:
$59.00