Plate Fibula

Description The large size and gold foil inlays decorating the upper surface of the bow make this fibula especially noteworthy. The large catch-plate is incised on both sides with a delicate linear design of three fishes within a border. Like all fibulae, it functioned as a clothing fastener, usually worn as a pair on each shoulder.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
11/17/1965	Examination	technical study
3/15/1966	Examination	examined for condition
6/15/1983	Loan Consideration	examined for loan
8/10/1992	Loan Consideration	examined for loan
8/10/1992	Treatment	cleaned; stabilized; repaired; loss compensation; other

Exhibitions

• Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.

Provenance André Emmerich Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1965, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase, 1965