Dress Ornaments

Description These ornaments, in the shape of fantastic animals, are made of stamped sheet gold and have small holes, apparently for attachment to clothing. Similar ornaments have been found in Hungary and Scandinavia and are characteristic of the Germanic animal style of the 6th and 7th centuries.

Exhibitions

• Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1947.
• Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.

Provenance Marc Rosenberg, by purchase [in Rome]; Mrs. Edgar S. Apolant, by gift; Dr. Edgar S. Apolant, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris; Joseph Brummer Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 12, 1949, no. 251; Walters Art Museum, June 1, 1949, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase, 1949