Russian Traveling Icon Depicting the Veneration of Mary

A little traveling icon, pierced and crowned with floral cresting.

This traveling icon depicting the veneration of Mary was cast in bronze in Russia in the 19th century or earlier. Small cast icons are commonly made to be carried on a journey or hung at home for devotion. The rectangular plaque shows a figure in a niche surrounded by foliage and tiny details, topped by a decorative openwork crest of leaves. A brown-gray patina covers the metal, deeper in the hollows. It stands on a slim black metal mount.

About five inches tall. A pocket shrine, now standing upright.