Russian St John the Baptist Medal rose gold wires likely a later addition

wires likely a later addition

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The stone has a small crack to the right hand side

or to extend/combine/link up etc etc various different pieces into new and novel combinations

Russian St John the Baptist Medal rose gold wires likely a later additionAntique religious medal dating from the latter half of the 18th century, circa 1780. It's Russian, crafted in 84 zolotnik silver, and features Saint John the Baptist on one side, with his decapitated head on a platter on the reverse. In keeping with larger scale Christian icons from this period, the coloured sections the face and hands are rendered in egg tempera*. John the Baptist was a Jewish prophet who preached of the imminence of God's final