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Filigree Disk Brooch with Central Boss
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Filigree Disk Brooch with Central Boss

late 600s · gilt silver, copper alloy, glass, almandine

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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This brooch is made out of gilt-silver, meaning silver that is covered by gold.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineFiligree Disk Brooch with Central Boss, late 600s. Frankish, late Merovingian. Gilt silver, copper alloy, glass, almandine; overall: 4.2 x 4.3 x 1.8 cm (1 5/8 x 1 11/16 x 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 2007.163

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