Detail View: The AMICA Library: Square-Headed Bow Brooch

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.17.192.152
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality: 
European; Frankish
Creator Name-CRT: 
Frankish
Title: 
Square-Headed Bow Brooch
View: 
Principal view
Creation Date: 
Second half 6th c.
Creation Start Date: 
550
Creation End Date: 
599
Materials and Techniques: 
Silver-cast; chased; inlaid-niello; gilt. Pin: iron .
Dimensions: 
L. 9.3, 9.6 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
17.192.152
Credit Line: 
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Ex coll.: Stanislas Baron, Paris; J. Pierpont Morgan, New York
Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.dp30048.tif