Detail View: The AMICA Library: Disk Brooch
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1987.90.1
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Description:
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Anglo-Saxon artists were master gold- and silversmiths. Tribal leaders commissioned splendid objects for their own use and bestowed elaborately adorned jewelry and weapons on friends and followers. These three pieces, all of which demonstrate the delicacy of Anglo-Saxon jewelry making, come from the region of Kent, in southeastern England, which was a great center of jewelry production.
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Anglo-Saxon
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Anglo-Saxon
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Title:
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Disk Brooch
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View:
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Principal view
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Creation Date:
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early 600s
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Creation Start Date:
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600
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Creation End Date:
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633
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Materials and Techniques:
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Gold, cells inset with garnets and glass, border inlaid with niello
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Creation Place:
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Probably made in Faversham, southeastern England; Found at Teynam, southeastern England
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Dimensions:
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Diam. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York
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ID Number:
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1987.90.1
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1987
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Copyright:
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Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.h1_1987.90.1-3.tif
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