Detail View: The AMICA Library: Pair of Bow Brooches

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.47.100.20-.21
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality: 
European; Northern European; Visigothic
Creator Name-CRT: 
Visigothic
Title: 
Pair of Bow Brooches
View: 
Principal view
Creation Date: 
First half 6th c.
Creation Start Date: 
500
Creation End Date: 
550
Materials and Techniques: 
Copper alloy-cast; chased, punched; tinned. Pin: iron .
Dimensions: 
L. 15.2 cm, 15.3 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
47.100.20-.21
Credit Line: 
Fletcher Fund, 1947
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Ex coll.: [Spanish Dealer (until 1945)]; [Joseph Brummer, New York]
Context: 
Said to be from Castiltierra, Segovia, Spain
Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.dp30072.tif