Maker: Unknown
Bronze, overlaid with gold plate. Circular with cruciform design and decorated with carbuncles and glass pastes. In the centre there is a raised setting in which there was, in 1902, a blue cabochan paste - now lost. The ground is covered with "S" scrolls and circles. Reverse: a much rusted iron pin.
History note: William Henry Forman Collection, Pippbrook House, Dorking; his nephew, Major A.H. Browne, Callaly Castle, Northumberland; sold Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 19-22 June 1899, The Forman Collection . . . , lot 442 - described as from Kent. Sir J.G. Carmichael-Gibson, Bart. sold Christie, Manson & Woods, 12 May 1902, Works of Art of the Classic, Medieval and Renaissance Times, lot 185
F. McClean Bequest
Diameter: 5.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
7th Century
Circa
600
-
Circa
700
Described as 'found in the Rhine: Teutonic' when sold in the Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael sale in 1902 (see Documentation). Certainly European.
Decoration
composed of
paste (glass)
( blue cabochan present 1902, lost)
garnet
Pin
composed of
iron
( rusted)
Stones And Pastes
Accession number: M.5-1904
Primary reference Number: 118988
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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