Antique brass Enamel ( white, blue) travel Russian icon:
This is very popular form of Old Believer metal icon.
Size: 6.8 " x 4"(17.5 X 10.5 cm)
Weight: 328 gr
Top: The Elevation (Vozdvizhenie) of the Cross. Inscription: Vozdvizhenie Chestnago I Zhivotvoryashchago Kresta Gospoda Nashego Isusa Khrista
“Elevation of the Honorable and Life-creating Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ”
Left: The Descent (Sozhestvie) to Hades (Resurrection (Voskresenie) of Jesus). Inscription: Voskresenie Khristovo
“Resurrection of Christ”
Right: The Ascension (Voznesenie) of Jesus. Inscription: Voznesenie Gospodne
“Ascension of the Lord”
Lower Left: The Old Testament Trinity (Troitsa). Inscription: Svyataya Troitsa
“Holy Trinity.” In some examples this is replaced by the Descent (Sozhestvie) of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost), in which case the inscription is: Soshestvie [Sozhestvie] Svyatago Dukha
“Descent of the Holy Spirit”
Lower Right: The Dormition (Uspenie) of Mary. Inscription: Ouspenie Presvyatuiya Bogoroditsui
“Dormition of the most holy Mother of God”