Bird-Shaped Brooch

Unknown Artist

500–600

Bird-Shaped Brooch by Unknown Artist

Medium

Silver-gilt, garnets with patterned foil backings

Dimensions

Overall: 1/2 x 1 3/16 x 1/4 in. (1.2 x 3 x 0.7 cm)

Classification

Metalwork-Silver

Culture

Frankish

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.191.168

Tags

Birds

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