COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.17.192.175-.176
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality:
European; Frankish
Creator Name-CRT:
Frankish
Title:
Pair of Bird Brooches
View:
Additional view
Creation Date:
Second half 6th c.
Creation Start Date:
550
Creation End Date:
599
Materials and Techniques:
Top plate: gold-wrought sheet; repoussé; settings-garnet; wire-beaded; wavy ribbon; granulation. Base plate: silver-cast. Restoration.
Dimensions:
L. 4 cm, 3.8 cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
17.192.175-.176
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Provenance:
Ex coll.: Albert Jumel, Amiens (?); Stanislas Baron, Paris; J. Pierpont Morgan, New York
Context:
From Marchélepot, France (com. Nésle, dép. Somme)
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.dp30157.tif
