Group of Bracelets with Open Rows of Wire

Description Provenance Credit

Description Composed of strips of openwork filigree; two smooth wires edged with twisted wires alternate with a waved smooth wire. At the ends of the bracelets are strips composed of a waved smooth wire between twisted wires. The clasps of the bracelets consist of two waved smooth wires between smooth and twisted wires, with a hook and eye for attachment.

Provenance Joseph Brummer, New York [Yugoslavian treasure]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1927

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Creator

Etruscan (Artist)

Period

7th century BCE (Orientalizing)

Medium

gold
(Gold, Silver & Jewelry)

Accession Number

VO.61 (57.393, 57.394, 57.396)

Measurements

57.393: 1 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 2 7/16 in. (3.42 x 6.42 x 6.25 cm); 57.394: 1 5/16 x 2 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. (3.3 x 6.1 x 6.4 cm); 57.396: 15/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 9/16 in. (2.4 x 4.1 x 3.9 cm)

Geography

Italy, Vetulonia (Place of Discovery)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Ancient Treasury