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Bow Brooch with Disk

early 700s
Not on view
Originally, these pieces were joined as one: the disk formed the bottom of a round box that was affixed to the arc of the large brooch. Ornately patterned gold, now only fragmentary, once covered the entire piece, even parts of the brooch that were never visible.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bow Brooch with Disk
  • Date: early 700s
  • Culture: Vendel
  • Medium: Copper alloy with mercury gilding and garnet
  • Dimensions: 8 1/16 x 2 9/16 x 1/2 in. (20.5 x 6.5 x 1.2 cm)
    Box: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
    Bow: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Bronze
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1947
  • Object Number: 47.100.25a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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