Lot Essay
A closely comparable brooch is in the Leopold Hoesch Museum in Düren, Germany (Rademacher op.cit., pl.).
Details
A GOLD AND BRONZE BROOCH
FRANKISH, 7TH CENTURY
Set with several glass pastes, the reverse with the pin intact.
Half of one paste and the clasp of the pin both lacking; several minor losses and damages.
1 3/8in. (3.5cm.) diam.
FRANKISH, 7TH CENTURY
Set with several glass pastes, the reverse with the pin intact.
Half of one paste and the clasp of the pin both lacking; several minor losses and damages.
1 3/8in. (3.5cm.) diam.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
F. Rademacher, Fränkische Goldscheibenfibeln, Munich, 1940, pls. 18, 19, 25
F. Rademacher, Fränkische Goldscheibenfibeln, Munich, 1940, pls. 18, 19, 25