Disk Brooch

6th century · Frankish

Silver, gilded and beaded filigree; garnets with patterned foil backings; central cabochon and tear-drop inlaid lost; no spring/pin extant

The Met · Medieval Art · CC0 · Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

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