Icon - Mother of God of Tikhvin - .840 silver

Massive silver oklad/riza for the icon Mother of God of Tikhvin.
Weight 340 grams, silver only
Material 84 zolotnik silver (875/1000), original fire-gilded
Assessed: Moscow 1894, inspector B.C (Victor Savinkov). 84, Saint George on horseback, master mark I.C.
Technique: hand-driven, hand-engraved, filigree and polychrome cloisonné enamel (blue, red, green, white).
AFM 30 by 26 cm
Black back
Many of these Russian rizas were removed in the Soviet era with a branding iron from the icon by people who wanted to burn the wood.
Back burned, front remained beautiful.
That is known and accepted — they call it Soviet remover burn.
Belgium / Netherlands private possession