Lot 270
A LATE 18TH CENTURY RUSSIAN PARCELGILT PATEN
with engraving, the centre with the crucifixion the Virgin Mary and St. John, against an architectural backdrop and an "old" Cyrillic inscription around the border, "BOW TO YOUR LORD", (meaning Praise the Lord and be grateful to Him - one of the hymns from the Russian Orthodox church), by an unknown maker & Assay Master, Moscow 1795; 6" (15 cms) diameter; 3 oz
