Disk Brooch

Unknown maker

Medium: Gold sheet, beaded wire; granulation, clear glass inlaid with red glazing on the underside; gold sheet attached to a copper alloy back with silver rivets; no spring/pin or attachment posts extant.
Dimensions: Overall: 1 x 3/16 in. (2.6 x 0.5 cm)
Culture: Frankish
Department: Medieval Art
Classification: Metalwork-Gold
Dated: first half of the 7th century
Pixels: 2048 × 2048
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open Access, Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Flagged isPublicDomain=true in the museum's own record.

Disk Brooch. first half of the 7th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.