Wear History!

Cross measurements: 7 3/4cm / 3 1/8" long, 5 1/2cm / 2 1/8" wide

Authentic hand crafted silver Egyptian Coptic Cross, in fabulous condition dated to be from 324 - 600 AD. A certificate of authenticity is included.

The Coptic cross pendant featured on this necklace is approximately 1400 years old! This is one of the nicest we have seen from this time. The necklace measures 20" long and consists of 3 strands of new labrodorite beads in 4 different shapes; round, cube, brick and ovals. The labrodorite beads exhibit beautiful iridescence and flashes of blue when turned in the light. The new clasp and other silver beads were hand made in Bali. The hook clasp has 2 deep red garnet cabochon in the center surrounded with beautiful filigree details. Truly a treasure....

Labrodorite is a shimmery gem, usually khaki green and gray, with characteristic flashes of Blue Fire, called "Labradorescence". Labrodorite was discovered in 1770 on the Labrador Peninsula, thus its name. The first crosses known in Ethiopia were probably imported from Christian Egypt around 400 A.D., and were developed in ways not found elsewhere in Christianity. This is because pagan symbols with triangles, circles, and crosses were already being used in solar and fertility rites. The Abyssinian church was, unique in the way it had absorbed its Judaic, Persian, Armenian and Muslim roots. Crosses in Ethiopian churches and monasteries and in public and private collections date from the 12th century and earlier, they are still being made today. See our Ethiopian crosses in One of a Kind!

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