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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 569242, member: 5833&quot;]My personal philosophy is don&#039;t sink money you can&#039;t afford to lose into something that requires specialty knowledge to evaluate properly, unless you yourself have that kind of knowledge &amp; do not need to rely on the assessment of someone else.</p><p><br /></p><p>Agree with others that only the Madonna &amp; Child looks Orthodox, the other images look Church of Rome to me &amp; not of the highest quality.&nbsp; If this one is not John the Baptist&#039;s head on a platter but what it looks like to me, a representation of the Shroud of Turin</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/screenshot_20190409-093948_gallery-jpg.172807/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>some cursory poking around says this relic has no recognized status in the Orthodox Church:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://orthochristian.com/81330.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://orthochristian.com/81330.html" rel="nofollow">https://orthochristian.com/81330.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;Of course, it must be stated quite clearly here that the Orthodox Church has no official opinion or view of this relic, and any article written by an Orthodox --however well informed--simply carries the opinion of its author(s), which may or may not be shared with other Orthodox who have given thought to the subject.&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>Original quality of paintings doesn&#039;t look particularly good; condition far from perfect now; value of silver not great.&nbsp; Marks might make some difference to value.&nbsp; As shown, not seeing anything that would let you get your 1000 GBP back out, let alone 1001 GBP.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is described as a travel icon:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.langantiques.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1800x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/r/u/russian-silver-and-enamel-travel-icon_1_100-1-4429.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.langantiques.com/russian-silver-and-enamel-travel-icon.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.langantiques.com/russian-silver-and-enamel-travel-icon.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.langantiques.com/russian-silver-and-enamel-travel-icon.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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