18K Gold Byzantine Filigree Cross with Red enamel Adelaide

This cross is called “Adelaide”. Adelaide from the House of the Guelphons was the daughter of Henry Duke of Brunswick and the first wife of Andronikos III Palaiologos, later Emperor of the Romans.

Byzantine Cross embellished with fine filigree and red enamel. The decoration and the shape of this cross show the influence of Byzantine art.

Made in 18k gold

Handmade item

Filigree is a delicate kind of jewellery metalwork, made with tiny beads or twisted threads, or both in combination, soldered together or to the surface of an object of the same metal and arranged in artistic motifs. The art of filigree dates back to ancient history. The first of the found jewelry in this technique has been found in Mesopotamia and dates to thousands of years BC. In the ancient world and particularly in Asia Minor, this art grew at the highest level.