The savati was widely used in all kinds of contemporary greek silver and gold ware and was worked in the same way as cast enamel. Savatina jewellery is very common in Greece. P recious or semiprecious stones, such as agates, cameos, corals, cornelians and others, were used for the additional embellishment of the goldsmith s creations and ordinary stones of coloured glass were employed even more frequently for this purpose. A nother form of decoration used in silver items is the gilding with either the entire object, or individual parts of it being gilded. T his category includes domestic silver ware and the jewellery worn to supplement male and particularly female costumes.
T here are very few items of jewellery properly associated with the male costume.
A large category of jewellery worn by both men and women are the so-called kioustekia. The first comprises kioustekia worn on the breast, having a central vertical axis with plaques and chains set symmetrically at the right and left. This category includes the stavroto tsaprazi or stavraetos. The stavraetos was worn by military chieftains, especially those from the region of Mesolongi and also by Sarakatsani women. The second type is the kiousteki worn around the waist.