W & A Johnston: Russia in Europe

Map: Russia in Europe Description: This highly detailed map of European Russia highlights the imperial wishes of the Czars, with Russia's expansion and control of Finland, the Baltics, parts of Poland

12. Cartography.Group of 4 maps, as listed below. Various sizes; light wear. Vp, vd [75/100]Russia in Europe. Plate 21 of Johnston's National Atlas. 25-1/2 x 21 inches. 1850s * ditto. Plate 55 of Mitc

Eastern Europe, Russia, Imperial Period, ca. late 19th century CE. A beautiful cloisonne and high-quality silver vessel known as a kovsh and a cloisonne and gilt teaspoon. The kovsh balances on a ring

Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 19th century CE. Finely painted in egg tempera and gold leaf on wood depicting St. Dmitri Rostov (Demetrius, Dmitri Rostovsky) surrounded by holy personages - luxuriously e

Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 20th century CE. Handmade in Russia and sold by the Russian American Company in Sitka, Alaska. An exquisite wooden chess set intricately carved with adorable figural pieces

Eastern Europe, Russia, Imperial Period, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful example of Imperial era gilt silver and cloisonne artistry adorning an elaborate bowl and teaspoon. The spo

**Originally Listed At $800** Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 19th century CE. Finely painted in egg tempera on gesso atop wood and covered with a gorgeous brass riza (or oklad, literally meaning trimming

Eastern Europe, Russia, St. Petersburg, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A lovely gilt silver tea strainer boasting a brilliant surface decorated with snowy white and sky blue enamel. The charm

**First Time At Auction** Eastern Europe, Russia, Imperial to Soviet Era, ca. 19th to mid-20th century CE. A collection of 6 Imperial era gilt silver spoons with beautiful cloisonne, and a later silve

Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 1859. A very special icon finely painted in egg tempera on wood and embellished with a 92% silver oklad, depicting three standing saints (perhaps the more unusual manifesta

Eastern Europe, Russia, St. Petersburg, Imperial Period, ca. 1882 to 1899 CE. A charming container of a rounded form with tripodal feet. This high-quality silver storage box is decorated with stunning

Eastern Europe, Russia, southeastern Magadan Region, Seymchan, ca. 1967 CE. A gorgeous pendant made from a fragment of pallasite meteorite set in a sterling silver bezel. The pallasite is composed pri

Eastern Europe, Russia, Magadan Region (southeast) Seymchan, meteorite found ca. 1967 CE. A pair of stunning rectangular pallasite meteorite slices, heterogeneous rock with translucent green-yellow ol

Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. An antique brass Christian crucifix set in a modern high quality 76.8% silver and diamond inlaid setting as a wearable pendant. Although faint and

**Originally Listed At $2000** Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 1849. A very special icon depicting Christ holding a globus cruciger (orb surmounted by a cross) that is adorned with the All Seeing Eye of G

Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 18th century CE. A high-quality silver pendant constructed in modern times using a 18th century leaded brass repousse icon panel that was once enameled in vibrant hues. The

**Originally Listed At $500** Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 1850 CE. Finely painted in egg tempera and varnish on linen and wood and covered with a beautiful brass oklad (riza or oklad, literally means

Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. late 19th century CE. A beautiful icon of Pantocrator Christ with a silver oklad cover (also riza or oclad which literally means trimming) and a gilt halo. The icon depicts

**Originally Listed At $450** Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 19th century CE. A Russian Orthodox icon depicting the Nativity story in three scenes painted in egg tempera and gold leaf on wood. Mary and J

**First Time At Auction** Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 19th century CE. A finely rendered egg tempera and gesso on wood icon depicting Saint Michael the Archangel donning a red and white vestment and b

**Originally Listed At $450** Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 1908 CE. A traveling icon with a hallmarked silver oklad (also oclad or riza) depicting Saint Nicholas of Myra, the Wonderworker, the most rev

**Originally Listed At $500** Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 1850 CE. Finely painted in egg tempera and varnish on linen and wood and covered with a beautiful brass oklad (riza or oklad, literally means

Please note that this lot, like all of our auction lots, can sell to the highest bidder without any hidden confidential reserve price - happy bidding! Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. late 19th century CE

Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fascinating icon of Saint George, depicting him from the waist up in hues of green, red, white, yellow, blue, and black egg tempera on