A silver-gilt and niello😼 pendant depicting Christ and other saints, maker in Cyrillic 'AB', Moscow, 1794

the front engraved and nielloed with the figure of Christ holding a cross and God holding a globe sitting side by side on clouds below a dove, representing the Holy Spirit, with rays projecting out of each like halos and their names inscribed beside them, the reverse engraved and nielloed with Orthodox Popes Anton and Theodosus holding inscribed scrolls, the virgin above them in the sky, struck with initials and 1794

height 10.2cm; 4 in.