Filigree cross and chain

Gender information of the object: 
Color: 
Author: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Noly Moyssi
Type: 
Primary Material: 
Code: 
641
Translator: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Noly Moyssi
Description: 
 Silver-gilt pendant comprising a chain of spherical filigree beads (toutounia), and a filigree cross. The arms of the cross consist of four drop-shaped elements, soldered to a central rosette-shaped part, with a blue/turquoise stone in the middle. Red beads are affixed at the angles between the drop-shaped elements. The fourth element is connected, through a ring, to the chain, actually to a  spherical filigree bead in the middle of the chain, which consists of a series of smaller filigree beads (toutounia).