Detail View: The AMICA Library: Buckle

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.17.193.49
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality: 
European; Frankish
Creator Name-CRT: 
Frankish
Title: 
Buckle
View: 
Principal view
Creation Date: 
Second half 5th c.
Creation Start Date: 
467
Creation End Date: 
499
Materials and Techniques: 
Attachment plate, top plate: copper alloy-wrought sheet; Base plate: iron. Rivets: copper alloy. Loop: iron; inlaid-copper alloy. Restoration.
Dimensions: 
L. 4.7 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
17.193.49
Credit Line: 
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Rights: 
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_.dp30386.tif