Merovingian Gold and Garnet Shield Fitting

6TH-7TH CENTURY AD

1 3/4" (21.32 grams, 43mm).

A substantial gold mount possibly from a shield, with beaded wire rim, attachment pins, central rosette of raised cells with meerschaum, turquoise and garnet inlay.

Provenance

Acquired in London 1999; formerly in the collection of Mr L. Grenacs, Belgium, formed in 1975.

Literature

See Arrhenius, B., Merovingian Garnet Jewellery, Stockholm, 1985, for discussion; and for a similar corpus, cf. Wieczorek, A. and Perin, P., Das Gold der Barbarenfursten, Damstadt, 2001.

CONDITION

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LOT 0474

Merovingian Gold and Garnet Shield Fitting

Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,750

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