Detail View: The AMICA Library: Strap End

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.95.15.98b
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality: 
European; Northern European; Lombard
Creator Name-CRT: 
Langobardic, perhaps made in Constantinople
Title: 
Strap End
View: 
Principal view
Creation Date: 
Late 6th-early 7th c. (?)
Creation Start Date: 
566
Creation End Date: 
633
Materials and Techniques: 
Top plate: gold-cast; chased. Base plate: gold-wrought sheet. Rivet: gold.
Creation Place: 
possibly Constantinople
Dimensions: 
L. 3.4 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
95.15.98b
Credit Line: 
Purchase, 1895
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Ex coll.: Samuel T. Baxter, Florence
Context: 
From Castel Trosino, Ascoli Piceno, Marches, Italy
Related Work Description: 
Belongs with 95.15.98a} RIG
Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.dp30220.tif