COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.17.191.29
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality:
European; Frankish
Creator Name-CRT:
Frankish
Title:
Filigree Disk Brooch
View:
Principal view
Creation Date:
Second half 7th c.
Creation Start Date:
650
Creation End Date:
699
Materials and Techniques:
Top plate, side: silver/gold alloy-wrought sheet; repoussé; settings-glass (clear, turquoise, yellow; blue and green cabochons); wire-plain (strip twisted), block twisted; wavy ribbon. Base plate: copper alloy-wrought sheet. Pin: iron.
Dimensions:
D. 5.4 cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
17.191.29
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Provenance:
Ex coll.: J. Pierpont Morgan, New York
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.dp30481.tif
