Detail View: The AMICA Library: Disk Brooch

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.17.191.23
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality: 
European; Frankish
Creator Name-CRT: 
Frankish
Title: 
Disk Brooch
View: 
Principal view
Creation Date: 
6th c.
Creation Start Date: 
500
Creation End Date: 
599
Materials and Techniques: 
Top plate: silver-wrought sheet; settings-garnets (patterned foil); wire-beaded; gilt.
Dimensions: 
D. 1.8 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
17.191.23
Credit Line: 
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Ex coll.: Philippe Delamain, Jarnac, France; J. Pierpont Morgan, New York
Context: 
From Herpes, France (com. Courbillac, dép. Charente)
Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.dp30135.tif