SALE PENDING Antique Religious Icon Portrait Virgin Mary Jesus Pin Pendant 800 Silver

Jewelry : Antique : Fine : Portrait Miniature : Religious, Icon

 

This is a lovely European antique silver religious pendant brooch with an exquisite hand painted portrait of the Virgin Mary and Jesus.

The antique portrait is painted in a Greek or Russian Orthodox style in shades of blue, green, red, brown, gold, and pink. The background is gold. The painting makes their skin absolutely luminous.

The portrait is enclosed under a slightly convex piece of glass. It is set in a simple 800 silver frame with 4 points of twisted wrapped wire that suspend a decorative strip of wire around the outside. Close to the portrait is a thin piece of twisted gold wire.

It is hallmarked “800” twice. The number 800 stands for the silver content – a little less than sterling. From the back, you can see the simple bale and the pin stem. This religious antique pendant measures just under 1-1/2" in length by 1-3/16" in width.

Condition: excellent. There is a noticeable solder seam on the gold wire – this is not damage.

Item ID: 1093