Clasp for a Secular Garment

late 13th century (Medieval)

10.8 cm 8.4 cm

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During the Middle Ages, copper mantle clasps with enameled decoration and gemstones were primarily made for church garments. This clasp from France was sewn onto fabric using holes around the borders. However, this piece, without figural representation and decorated with gemst...

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Victor Gay, Paris, by purchase; Collection of Victor Gay Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 23, 1909, no. 35; Henri Daguerre, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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