Disk Brooch

Frankish

500–700

Not on view

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Title: Disk Brooch
Date: 500–700
Culture: Frankish
Medium: Copper alloy, iron core, glass paste or stone, evidence of gold foil
Dimensions: Overall: 1 3/4 x 11/16 in. (4.5 x 1.7 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Copper alloy
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.191.281
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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