Detail View: The AMICA Library: Pair of Earrings

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.17.193.105-.106
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality: 
European; Frankish
Creator Name-CRT: 
Frankish
Title: 
Pair of Earrings
View: 
Additional view
Creation Date: 
Late 7th-early 8th c.
Creation Start Date: 
666
Creation End Date: 
733
Materials and Techniques: 
Hoop: silver-wrought rod; strip-half round. Polyhedral bead: silver-cast..
Dimensions: 
Hoop: D. 8.3 cm and 8.5 cm; polyhedral bead: 0.5 cm and 0.6 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
17.193.105-.106
Credit Line: 
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Ex coll.: Friedrich Queckenberg, Niederbreisig, Germany; Joseph Queckenberg, Niederbreisig, Germany; J. Pierpont Morgan, New York
Context: 
From Niederbreisig (Rheinland Pfalz, Germany)
Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.dp30326.tif