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Overall with some minor wear and tiny scratches, the enamel with some scratches and small losses as well as a few areas of restoration, some minor bends to the pierced decoration around the base, the towers not perfectly straight and even, one tower lacking spacer between conical section and dome, the dome and cross able to be unscrewed from each other and from the conical section, likely a later restoration, one section of enameled trim to above the depiction of Jesus in the garden slightly separating and loose, but secure.
73⁄4 in. (19.6 cm.) square
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Lot 163Sale 23577
MARK OF PROKOPY NIKITIN, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1898A RUSSIAN CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT TABERNACLEEstimate: USD 20,000 - 30,000
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