Antique 18th Century Catherine II Period Russian Imperial Porcelain Wine Cooler

A Russian gem-set gilded silver three-handled loving cup yachting trophy, Ovchinnikov, Moscow, 1908-1911. The body of baluster form with flaring neck...

A pair of Russian antique 56 standard (14 KT) gold, guilloché enamel, and diamond cufflinks, 8th Artel, Moscow, 1908-1917. Of shaped navette form, the cufflinks with a green gold cagework with floral ornament, including a diamond-set blossom centering the sunburst engine-turned ground enamelled translucent...

A fine antique French silver beaker. Illegibly hallmarked to the base and side and inscribed with an owner's mark 'VB' to the foot. Simply a won...

From the Romanov era, period of Tsar Nicholas II, a shell-shaped serving dish with blue border and scroll designs and central Cyrillic cipher or emblem (worn), stamped with blue overglaze factory mark. By the Kuznetsov Factory, Moscow, circa 1900 9 1/4 x 5 ½ in. (24 x 44 cm.) Founded in 1810 by Iakov Vasilevich Kuznetsov in the Moscow Provinces, the factory flourished in the 19th century adding several branches in other regions. In 1902 the firm received the title "Purveyor to the Imperial Court" and by the end of the Romanov era, had become the largest of its kind in Russia, even absorbing the Gardner Factory, Russia's oldest private porcelain factory. Kuznetsov porcelain...

Exceptionally rare antique Russian Icon of Saint Tryphon, the Patron Saint of wine growers, restauranteurs, falconers. Saint Tryphon's saint day is February 14th, according to the Old Calendar, which is the time for wine growers to prune their grape vines for an abundant harvest in the fall. This day became a wine festival celebrated with much drinking to toast the upcoming growing season, particularly in Greece, Macedonia and the surrounding Balkan Countries where wine is an important source of income. By extension, Saint Tryphon also came to be revered as the Patron Saint of restauranteurs and bar keepers. A Russian legend relating to Saint Tryphon is that Tsar Ivan the Terrible...

Large scale, highly detailed 19th century Russian Old Believers reticulated silver cross. Finely hand wrought with beautiful patina from being handled with love and devotion. The top and the base of the crucifix chased with stylized Cyrillic letters as is customary in Russian Old Believers crosses...

Rectangular enamelled gold box. The hinged lid is decorated with a scene of young people dressed in neoclassical clothing and approaching near an altar where officiates a person dres...

Large, unusual 18th century antique Greek Orthodox icon of Saint George and the Dragon with scenes from the life of the Saint. This rare, multi-fa...