Detail View: The AMICA Library: Box Brooch

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.1982.323.2
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality: 
European; Scandinavian; Viking
Creator Name-CRT: 
Viking
Title: 
Box Brooch
View: 
Principal view
Creation Date: 
10th c.
Creation Start Date: 
900
Creation End Date: 
999
Materials and Techniques: 
Top and side: copper alloy-cast; overlaid-silver foil inlaid with inlay. Appliqués: copper alloy-cast; overlaid-silver foil.
Dimensions: 
D. 6 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
1982.323.2
Credit Line: 
Fletcher Fund, 1982
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Ex coll.: Private collection; [sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1980]; [Rainer Zietz Limited, London]
Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.dp30283.tif