Agraffe
Object type: Clasp
Department: Medieval Art
Culture: German
Date: ca. 1860–1900
Medium: Basse taille enamel, silver-gilt
Dimensions: Overall: 2 7/16 x 5 x 3/8 in. (6.2 x 12.7 x 1 cm)
left element: 2 3/8 x 2 11/16 x 3/8 in. (6.1 x 6.8 x 1 cm)
right element: 2 7/16 x 2 5/8 x 3/8 in. (6.2 x 6.7 x 0.9 cm)
Classification: Enamels-Basse taille
Geography: Made in Cologne   Germany  
Credit line: Purchase, The Cloisters Collection, Rogers Fund, Gifts of George Blumenthal, Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, J. Pierpont Morgan, and George D. Pratt, by exchange, and Mrs. Charles F. Griffith, Margaret L. Meiss, Eleanor Roach and anonymous gifts, 1979
Accession year: 1979
Tags: Birds