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Group of Bracelets with Open Rows of Wire

Etruscan (Artist)
7th century BCE (Orientalizing)
gold
(Roman Empire , Jewelry)

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
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as part of the so-called "Jugoslavian Treasure"]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

(Place of Origin) Italy, Vetulonia (Place of Discovery)

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)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1927

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Ancient Treasury

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

VO.61 (57.393, 57.394, 57.396)

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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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