LOT 0474 Merovingian Gold and Garnet Shield Fitting
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6th-7th century AD. 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. 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, 2001.21.32 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). Acquired in London 1999; formerly in the collection of Mr L. Grenacs, Belgium, formed in 1975.
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