Silver Travel Icon Of Christ, Moscow 19th Century / Holy Face / Mandylion / Russia

Small Russian travel icon of the Holy Face of Christ enriched with a silver coating. This iconographic subject is also called "Mandylion" or "Image of Edessa".
This icon comes from Moscow and dates from the end of the 19th century.
Technique: The face of Christ is painted in oil on a wooden panel and the whole is enriched with a guilloche silver coating, called "oklad" in Russian. The back of the icon is also decorated with its original velvet.
The oklad bears the following hallmarks:
1/ Russian silver hallmark "84" (875 thousandths).
2/ Moscow control hallmark.
3/ Hallmark of the master goldsmith Simon Galkin (worked in Moscow at the end of the 19th century).
Very good original state of conservation. Minor wear and cracks.
The icon is sold with its certificate of authenticity and a complete description of the work.
Dimensions: 5.5 cm by 4.5 cm