COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.17.193.118
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: gold-wrought sheet; settings-glass (clear, turquoise; blue and clear cabochon), mother-of-pearl; wire-rope (spirally beaded); wavy ribbon. Side: copper alloy-wrought sheet. Base plate: copper alloy. Rivets. Restoration.
Dimensions:
D. 6.1 cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
17.193.118
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Provenance:
Ex coll.: Friedrich Queckenberg, Niederbreisig, Germany; Joseph Queckenberg, Niederbreisig, Germany; J. Pierpont Morgan, New York
Context:
From Niederbreisig (Rheinland Pfalz, Germany)
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.dp30201.tif
