Bird-Shaped Brooch

Unknown Artist

500–550

Bird-Shaped Brooch by Unknown Artist

Medium

Silver with gilding and garnets; no spring/pin extant

Dimensions

Overall: 11/16 x 1 1/4 x 5/16 in. (1.7 x 3.1 x 0.8 cm)

Classification

Metalwork-Silver

Culture

Anglo-Saxon

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.191.19

Tags

Birds

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