Dress Ornaments

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description These gold ornaments are pierced for sewing to clothing.

Exhibitions

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

Provenance [Said to be from a tomb near Olbia, Parutino, Ukraine]; Peter Mavrogordato [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; F. L. van Gans, Frankfurt [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Galerie Bachstitz, The Hague; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1921, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1921

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Creator

Pontic (Artist)

Period

1st century BC

Medium

gold
(Gold, Silver & Jewelry)

Accession Number

57.388

Measurements

H of each: 1/4 x W: 1/2 x D: 1/16 in. (0.65 x 1.3 x 0.2 cm)

Geography

Ukraine, Parutino (Olbia) (Place of Discovery)

Location Within Museum

Not On View