Regalia of Russian Tsars
Theodore Alekseevich
Pectoral cross

Pectoral cross with a chain. Russia. First half of the XVIIth century.- 1662 . Belonged to Tsar Theodore Alekseevich
This is the only item survived from regalia of Tsar Theodore Alekseevich – the elder son of Alexis Mikhailovich. On the verso of the cross there is an image of a heaven protector of the Tsar Theodore Stratilates. The figure of the Saint, floral pattern around it, as well as religious scenes  on the obverse of the cross are executed in bright shining colours, which make all the compositions similar to a multicolour shining mosaics.