Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Recently Added The base with twin X-frame

The base with twin X-frame ends with a single stretcher

As a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts

A very handsome majolica jug

Raymond Desvarreux was the son of the American painter James Desvarreux-Larpenteur

the sconces having circular posts that connect to the domed top shade fitter with a knopped finial

Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Recently Added The base with twin X-frameAn antique 19th Century Russian Orthodox hand painted egg tempera & gilded icon of Saint Pelagia and Saint James, circa 1860. This very fine antique Russian icon is painted in the academic style rather than the more stylized Byzantine style. Painted with egg tempera on limewood, depicting two saints, each titled in cyrillic script. The border having raised gilded and polychrome geometric and floral decoration. The quality of the painting and gilding