(lot of 2) Russian Orthodox silver-clad religious travel icons, each depicting figures with painted features, overlaid riza/ oklad with repousse draped garments and background elements, worn velvet-upholstered back, including: (1) Black Madonna of Czestochowa (Our Lady of Czestochowa), sterling silver cladding, hallmarked 925 with Kokoshnik style mark, retaining Folk and Artistic Handicrafts, Krakow adhesive retailer's label verso, approx 5"h, 3 7/8"w, 5/8"d; (1) The Unexpected Joy of the Most Holy Theotokos, with .875 silver cladding, partially-obliterated Cyrillic inscription below image of Mary and the Chris Child, St. Petersburg city mark, with 84 zolotnik hallmark and HB in rectangle, approx 4 3/8"h, 3 3/8"w, 0.5"d; 277 grams total (inclusive of all materials) **Provenance: Dallas, Texas: When the madness of collecting collides with connoisseurship**

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