Russian St John the Baptist Medal rose gold The intaglio carving

The intaglio carving

delicately arranged into the likeness of a swan

Marks: French eagle head for 18ct gold

The stone has a small crack to the right hand side

we can have it built up if preferred

Russian St John the Baptist Medal rose gold The intaglio carvingAntique 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