Agraffe

Unknown

ca. 1860–1900 · Basse taille enamel, silver-gilt · Medieval Art

An agraffe is a clasp used to fasten a cloak or mantel. This exceptional example is in perfect condition. The birds in translucent enamel closely correspond to enamels created about 1300, that are now in the cathedral treasury of Cologne and that inspired the Cologne goldsmith Gabriel Hermeling.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1860–1900

Medium

Basse taille enamel, silver-gilt

Culture

German

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Purchase, The Cloisters Collection, Rogers Fund, Gifts of George Blumenthal, Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, J. Pierpont Morgan, and George D. Pratt, by exchange, and Mrs. Charles F. Griffith, Margaret L. Meiss, Eleanor Roach and anonymous gifts, 1979