Bow Brooch with Disk

Unknown

early 700s · Copper alloy with mercury gilding and garnet · Medieval Art

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 700s

Medium

Copper alloy with mercury gilding and garnet

Culture

Vendel

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1947