Elegant necklace. The Balkans (Bulgaria?), Ottoman Empire, [late 19th or early 20th century].
Silver thread, braided; white metal, cast and gilt; glass.
Choker made of braided silver thread. Two plates soldered onto front, with decorations resembling filigree and granulation, and with inlaid green and red glass beads on either side of clasp. Ten chains suspended from front plate. Each chain composed of one oval pendant, five round pendants resembling flowers in varying sizes (increasing in size toward end of chain), and an outer, crescent-shaped pendant.
Approx. 15X15 cm. Missing some of the rings meant to connect lower pendants one to another.