Wonderful Antique Russian Icon Painting on Tin, Saint Nicholas and Saint Michael betting token but with lots of room

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Wonderful Antique Russian Icon Painting on Tin, Saint Nicholas and Saint Michael betting token but with lots of roomI'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