Margaret of Scotland, c 1483 Finish:Single Tsar Nicholas II's (1868-1918) children

Tsar Nicholas II's (1868-1918) children at play with their pony

Lubok (plural Lubki) prints were Russian popular prints with simple graphics portraying stories derived from literature

'The Prince of Orange Distributing His Medals'

so called because they met under a buttonwood tree

Container for consecrated communion bread

Margaret of Scotland, c 1483 Finish:Single Tsar Nicholas II's (1868-1918) childrenMargaret of Scotland, c 1483, (1910). Margaret was the Danish queen of James III of Scotland. Her headdress is an intermediate style between the butterfly and the pyramidal. It developed from the horned, or rather forked, headdress the cleft at the upper part being now closed up. The cauls are embellished with pearls. Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910).