Wonderful Antique Russian Icon Painting on Tin, Saint Nicholas and Saint Michael handprinted trasferire cup and both I believe from

and both I believe from the period during which they were teaching at the University of New Hampshire

and a nice patina

but no cracks or splits

though I don't think I personally would do a thing

Wonderful Antique Russian Icon Painting on Tin, Saint Nicholas and Saint Michael handprinted trasferire cup and both I believe fromI've always got an eye out for religious icon paintings on tin, but rarely come across one I love as much as this large one, which is Russian (though much faded, there is painted Russian text in white above each figure) and depicts St. Nicholas at left and St. Michael at right. Saint Nicholas of Bari patron saint of children, sailors, and travelers (and the prototype of Father Christmas) is especially popular in Eastern Orthodox icons, most often