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ear-ring
Object Type
ear-ring
Museum number
1902,1108.55
Description
Copper alloy earring bead; hollow spherical sheet; formed of hemispheres with flanged edge; now broken in half.
Cultures/periods
Merovingian
Production date
7thC
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Mosel, River
(?|region)
Found/Acquired:
Moselle, River
(?|region)
Found/Acquired:
Rhine, River
(?|region)
Materials
copper alloy
Dimensions
Diameter:
1.40 centimetres
Curator's comments
Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager ‘Summary Catalogue’ (draft MS) Provenance: Unrecorded, but said to be from "the district of the Rhine and Moselle", Germany; recent research has shown that the vendor has been notoriously unreliable. Given by The Friends of The British Museum Acquired from David Reiling of Mainz through Max Rosenheim
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Friends of the British Museum
Purchased through:
David Reiling
Acquisition date
1902
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1902,1108.55