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THBRussian Sculptural Icon
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295 North Drive, Suite D
Melbourne, FL 32934
United States
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About Auction
LiveMar 23, 2024
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- Lot Description
Russian Sculptural Icon set in a leather box
Measurements:
Closed - 5.5" H x 4.5" W x 2" D
Open - 5.5" T x 8.5" W x 1" D
Gold Plates - 4" H x 3.5" W
Weight: 419.1 g
The total weight of the two icons plus the case is 419 g.
The weight of the icon with saint is 145 g.
The weight of the icon with the circular cut out is 97 g.
The weight of the display case is 177 g.
Please note the embroidery on the back of the icons along with what appears to be an inscription on the long edge of the embroidery of the icon with the circular cut out.
Also, as indicated in the photographs, the manila envelope in which the icon was kept was addressed to "Prince George Sherbatoff". See below link from the New York Times.
From The New York Times Archives December 15, 1976
George Stroganoff Scherbatoff, a retired Navy commander, was killed Monday night when his car was in a collision with another on Route 22 near Brewster, NY He was 78 years old and lived in Sharon, Conn.
He was born in Russia to a family of the nobility. He dropped his title of Prince when he became an American citizen in 1927.
During World War II he was one of a group of naval officers who served as interpreters for President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he met with Stalin at Yalta in 1945.
George Stroganoff Scherbatoff was friends with and became very close to our client’s family in Sharon, CT where they both lived. Our client who is now 86 years old believes that he was around 5 or 6 when they met. He said that George would often come over to their family’s house for dinner when he was not in Washington, D.C. and participated in other family activities. Our client indicated that he was a traveling companion to George and felt as if he was like a son to George as he never married or had children. Our client was gifted the two Russian icons and the wax seal that are presented in this auction and was also given George Stroganoff Scherbatoff’s family Bible. Upon George Sherbatoff’s death, the will instructed our client to return other family heirlooms to his only living relative, a sister residing in London, England. Our client indicated that George’s mother was a Stroganoff who married a Scherbatoff.
Condition: very good, See Photographs
Dimension
Height: 5.50 inWidth: 4.50 inDepth: 2.00 inDepth: 2.00 inWeight: 419.10 gCondition
Condition: very good, See Photographs
- Provenance
From The New York Times Archives December 15, 1976
George Stroganoff Scherbatoff, a retired Navy commander, was killed Monday night when his car was in a collision with another on Route 22 near Brewster, NY He was 78 years old and lived in Sharon, Conn.
He was born in Russia to a family of the nobility. He dropped his title of Prince when he became an American citizen in 1927.
During World War II he was one of a group of naval officers who served as interpreters for President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he met with Stalin at Yalta in 1945.
George Stroganoff Scherbatoff was friends with and became very close to our client’s family in Sharon, CT where they both lived. Our client who is now 86 years old believes that he was around 5 or 6 when they met. He said that George would often come over to their family’s house for dinner when he was not in Washington, D.C. and participated in other family activities. Our client indicated that he was a traveling companion to George and felt as if he was like a son to George as he never married or had children. Our client was gifted the two Russian icons and the wax seal that are presented in this auction and was also given George Stroganoff Scherbatoff’s family Bible. Upon George Sherbatoff’s death, the will instructed our client to return other family heirlooms to his only living relative, a sister residing in London, England. Our client indicated that George’s mother was a Stroganoff who married a Scherbatoff.
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