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Guide to Provincial Roman and Barbarian Metalwork and Jewelry in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Guide to Provincial Roman and Barbarian Metalwork and Jewelry in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brown, Katharine Reynolds
1981
28 pages
38 illustrations
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Katharine Brown

Vase, Champlevé enamel, copper alloy, Late Roman
Late Roman
250–300
Mount for Spear-Shaft, Silver-gilt, niello, Late Roman
Late Roman
ca. 400
Mount for Spear Shaft, Silver-gilt, niello, Late Roman
Late Roman
ca. 400
Bow Brooch, Silver-gilt, Alemannic
Alemannic
late 5th–early 6th century
Earring, Gold, sardonyx, Sarmatian
Sarmatian
mid-1st century
Bow Brooch, Silver with gold-sheet overlay and garnets, East Germanic
East Germanic
400–450
Bow Brooch, Silver - cast.  Pin: copper alloy with silver overlay, Ostrogothic
Ostrogothic
400–600
Bow Brooch, Copper alloy, cast, "tinned" surface; iron spring and pin, Visigothic
Visigothic
first half 6th century
Bow Brooch, Silver-gilt, niello, garnet, iron pin, Frankish
Frankish
mid-6th century
Bow Brooch, Silver-gilt, niello, garnets, Frankish
Frankish
500–550
Bird-Shaped Brooch, Gold, garnet, glass, pearl, Frankish
Frankish
500–600
Bird-Shaped Brooch, Silver-gilt, garnets with patterned foil backings, Frankish
Frankish
500–600
Bird-Shaped Brooch, Copper with gilt surface; blue glass, Frankish
Frankish
late 5th–early 6th century
Bird-Shaped Brooch, Silver-gilt, garnets, foil backings for garnets; iron spring, Frankish
Frankish
500–600
Bird-Shaped Brooch, Silver with gilding and garnets; no spring/pin extant, Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon
500–550
Bird-Shaped Brooch, Silver-gilt, garnet and foil, Frankish
Frankish
550–600
Disk Brooch, Silver, garnets with patterned foil backings, central garnet, Frankish
Frankish
6th century
Disk Brooch, Silver-gilt, garnets with patterned foil backings., Frankish
Frankish
first half 6th century
Rosette Brooch, Silver-gilt, garnets with patterned foil backings, green glass, pearl, Frankish
Frankish
6th century
Rosette Brooch, Silver, gilding(?), garnets with patterned foil backings, ..., Frankish
Frankish
first half 6th century
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Brown, Katharine Reynolds, John Philip O’Neill, and Lauren Shakely. 1981. Guide to Provincial Roman and Barbarian Metalwork and Jewelry in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Museum.