Detail View: The AMICA Library: Pair of Filigree Disk Brooches

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.17.191.141,.143
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality: 
European; Frankish
Creator Name-CRT: 
Frankish
Title: 
Pair of Filigree Disk Brooches
View: 
Additional view
Creation Date: 
First half 7th c.
Creation Start Date: 
600
Creation End Date: 
650
Materials and Techniques: 
Top plate: gold-wrought sheet; settings-glass (yellow , blue cabochon); wire-spirally beaded (strip twisted). Base plate: copper alloy-wrought sheet; border-beaded, tinned. Pin: iron.
Dimensions: 
D. 3.5 cm, 3.4 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
17.191.141,.143
Credit Line: 
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Ex coll.: J. Pierpont Morgan, New York
Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.dp30204.tif