The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Disk Brooch

Disk Brooch

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Disk Brooch

Date:: ca. 550–650
Culture:: Frankish
Medium:: Copper alloy, gold, glass paste cabochon, garnet, iron pin
Dimensions:: Overall: 1 7/16 x 1/2 in. (3.7 x 1.2 cm)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.192.77

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Provenance

[ Stanislas Baron, Paris ]; J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (until 1913); Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan(1913–1917)
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Metal (59,364)

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Copper alloy (16,630)

Glass (16,037)

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Gold (12,457)

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Jewelry (7,519)

Iron and iron alloy (6,952)

Copper (6,255)

Iron (3,753)

Pins (1,471)

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Garnet (225)

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A.D. 500-1000 (6,672)
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