Jewellery & Goldsmiths' Work
Pair of Fibulae
MetalworkJewellery
Details
- Author / creator
- Alemannic, Migration Period, 6th-7th century
- Object type
- Jewellery
- Date or period
- 500s-600s
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 10.5 × 6.5 × 2 cm
- Maker or workshop
- Alemannic, Migration Period, 6th-7th century
- Period / style
- Gothic
- Place of origin
- Alemannic
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the Public appeal (1998), 2000
About this object
A woman of high rank might have worn these twin fibulae on her shoulders, one fastening her inner garment on the right, the other her outer garment on the left. She might also have suspended them from her belt as decorative ornaments.
Materials and technique
Cast silver, parcel-gilt, with niello
