rosette brooch
- Museum number
- 1891,1019.75
- Description
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Gilt-silver cloisonné rosette brooch: cast; one of a pair; seven-lobed edge with garnet segments around ring of garnet wedge-shaped cells including four bone inlays in cruciform arrangement, all around a large central clear glass disc; filigree wire round the edge.
- Production date
- 6thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.90 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Pair with 1891,1019.74
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Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager ‘Summary Catalogue’ (draft MS)
Provenance:
1891,1019.74 to 96 said to be from the neighbourhood of Pontoise, dép. Val-d'Oise (formerly Seine-et-Oise), France.
Purchased from Messrs Rollin and Feuardent
Published:
LASKO P. 1965. Prelude to Empire. The Frankish Kingdom from the Merovingians to Pepin, in D. Talbot Rice (ed) The Dark Ages, London, p. 201, ill. 6 right
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1891,1019.75
