A FRANKISH GILT SILVER AND GARNET HAIR PIN WITH AN EAGLE TERMINAL
A FRANKISH GILT SILVER AND GARNET HAIR PIN WITH AN EAGLE TERMINAL
A FRANKISH GILT SILVER AND GARNET HAIR PIN WITH AN EAGLE TERMINAL
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A FRANKISH GILT SILVER AND GARNET HAIR PIN WITH AN EAGLE TERMINAL
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A FRANKISH GILT SILVER AND GARNET HAIR PIN WITH AN EAGLE TERMINAL

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.

Details
A FRANKISH GILT SILVER AND GARNET HAIR PIN WITH AN EAGLE TERMINAL
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
Together with a Frankish gold and garnet eagle head fitting (circa 5th-6th century A.D.).
6 5⁄8 in. (16.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Hair pin:
Art Market, Paris.
Ernst Kofler-Truniger (1903-1990) and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1918-1999), Luzern, acquired from the above, by 1964 (Inv. no. K 723 Q).
Private Collection, Luzern, acquired from the above circa 1974; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.

Eagle head fitting:
Dr. Leopold Seligmann, Cologne.
Die Sammlung Dr. Leopold Seligmann, Köln, Hermann Ball and Paul Graupe, Berlin, 28-29 April, 1930, lot 61.
Ernst Kofler-Truniger (1903-1990) and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1918-1999), Lucerne (Inv. no. K 723 D).
Private Collection, Luzern, acquired from the above circa 1974; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.
Literature
Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, Zurich, 1964, p. 64, no. 608g, pl. 50 (hair pin).
Exhibited
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, 7 June-2 August 1964 (hair pin).

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Lot Essay

For a related Frankish silver hair pin in the Walters Art Museum, see no. 373 in A. Garside, ed., Jewelry, Ancient to Modern.

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