Disk Brooch

Unknown Artist

6th century

Disk Brooch by Unknown Artist

Medium

Silver, gilded and beaded filigree; garnets with patterned foil backings; central cabochon and tear-drop inlaid lost; no spring/pin extant

Dimensions

Overall: 11/16 x 1/16 in. (1.8 x 0.2 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

17.191.23

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