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These brooches functioned as garment clasps (much like the generally larger fibulae) and are distinctive for their decorative enamels. The art of enameling was highly popular among the conquered peoples who lived on the outskirts of the Roman empire, chiefly the Celts and the Gauls. Though the enameling technique was practiced by the Romans themselves on small objects, the brightly colored decoration readily appealed to "barbarian" taste. By the AD 200s, enameled brooches like these were being made in abundance by the native peoples of Britain and Gaul (modern France and Belgium).
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111706
label
Ornamental Brooch
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111706
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object
title
Ornamental Brooch
description
These brooches functioned as garment clasps (much like the generally larger fibulae) and are distinctive for their decorative enamels. The art of enameling was highly popular among the conquered peoples who lived on the outskirts of the Roman empire, chiefly the Celts and the Gauls. Though the enameling technique was practiced by the Romans themselves on small objects, the brightly colored decoration readily appealed to "barbarian" taste. By the AD 200s, enameled brooches like these were being made in abundance by the native peoples of Britain and Gaul (modern France and Belgium).
date
c. 100–300 CE
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60779268
genreSpecific
Jewelry
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 6 x 2.9 x 1.1 cm (2 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 7/16 in.)
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Gallo-Roman or Romano-British, Migration period
accession
1930.233
Source extras
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bronze and champlevé enamel
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Ornamental Brooch, c. 100–300 CE. Gallo-Roman or Romano-British, Migration period. Bronze and champlevé enamel; overall: 6 x 2.9 x 1.1 cm (2 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1930.233
collection
MED - Migration Period
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 44
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 44
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 48
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
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Mentioned and reproduced: P. 96-97, no. 28
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 05:54:58.280000
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111706
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Medieval Art
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MED - Migration Period
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bronze and champlevé enamel
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