Rust proof stainless steel Bishop's crosier,
gilded with 24 K gold, 170 cm high and with
5 detachable parts.
Top part has a mounted brass
cast dragons, decorated with 22 red corundum
rubies. Body, in rustproof stainless steel,
ends with one silver filigree apple
decorated with 7 natural cred corals. Second
part, also has a silver filigree apple
decorated with 6 red corals. Third
decorative silver filigree apple has no
decorative stones. Except for the apples,
all other parts are gilded with 24 K gold.
Bottom end of the staff has a rustproof
steel tip.
Custom made leather carrying case with silk
interior has an embossed logo of the
Metropolitan.
Material:
silver 950,stainless steel, brass, red
corundum rubies, red corals, leather, silk.
Technique:
casting, filigree, granulation, stone
setting, gilding.
Size:
staff 170 cm, dragons 25 cm.
Weight:
silver filigree apples 170 grams.
Year:
2008.
Commissioned by: H.G. Poriphirios,
Bishop of Martiropolis.
In possession
of : H.E. Angelos, Metropolitan
of Avlona and Viotia, Greece
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