Vendel, perhaps made in Norway / Disk-on-Bow Brooch / Early 8th c.Vendel, perhaps made in Norway
Disk-on-Bow Brooch
Early 8th c.

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Creator Nationality: European; Scandinavian
Creator Name-CRT: Vendel, perhaps made in Norway
Title: Disk-on-Bow Brooch
View: Principal view
Creation Start Date: 700
Creation End Date: 733
Creation Date: Early 8th c.
Object Type: Costume and Jewelry
Materials and Techniques: Appliqués: copper alloy-cast, chased; gilt. Base plate: copper alloy-wrought sheet; garnet (patterned foil); tinned. Backplate: copper alloy (leaded bronze)-cast; chased, punched, engraved; gilt.
Dimensions: L. 20.5 cm
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 47.100.25a-b
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1947
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp
Provenance: Ex coll.: F. R. Martin, Sweden (?); Colbat-Ready, Paris (sold 1919); Rivère, Paris (?); [Lucien Marcel Bing, Paris (sold 1920)]; Haas , Paris (?) (sold 1934); [Ernest Brummer, Paris (in 1934); [Joseph Brummer, New York]
Style or Period: Vendel
AMICA ID: MMA_.47.100.25a-b
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright (c) 2001 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved

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