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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER ICON OF CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER ICON OF CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER ICON OF CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER ICON OF CHRIST PANTOCRATOR

MARK OF FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1905

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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER ICON OF CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
MARK OF FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1905
Rectangular, traditionally painted, the oklad and halo enamelled with varicolour foliate motifs, the corners decorated with four enamelled stylised Greek crosses, the reverse applied with a silver plaque with a dedication in Russian 'God bless you / [to] Vice-Admiral / Aleksei Alekseevich / Birilev / from the members / of the board of trustees / of the Kronstadt / orphanage. / A. A. Kirilov and N. N. von Minikh / 12 May 1905', with suspension loop, marked on lower mount
9 ¼ in. (9 cm.) high, excluding suspension loop
Provenance
A gift to Aleksei Birilev (1844-1915) from A. A. Kirilov and N. N. von Minikh in 1905.

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Aleksei Birilev was an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy and the Minister of the Navy. From 1900 to 1904, he commanded the Mediterranean squadron of the Russian Navy, becoming vice admiral in 1901.

In 1904 Birilev was appointed commander-in-chief of the Kronstadt port and military governor in Kronstadt, and later that year he was named commander in chief of the Baltic Fleet. He served as the Minister of the Navy from June 1905 to January 1907, and carried out several measures toward improving the fleet after its defeat in the Russo-Japanese War.

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