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Brooch in the Form of a Six-Pointed Star, late 700s-early 800s. gold with repoussé and filigree decoration; copper backplate, Diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.). Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2009.344. CC0.
Brooch in the Form of a Six-Pointed Star
late 700s-early 800s
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Brooch in the Form of a Six-Pointed Star, late 700s-early 800s. Frankish, early Carolingian, late 8th century - early 9th century. Gold with repoussé and filigree decoration; copper backplate; diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2009.344 Look carefully at this brooch and notice a small animal, perhaps a dragon, camouflaged amid the swirling whirls of gold.