Spiral Pendant from an Earring

7th century BCE 1 3/8 in. (3.49 cm) (diam.) Citation Source image

Gold leaf over silver; filigree ornament. Knob and stub (degenerate animal head?) at each end and at 2 points on spiral. Filigree on stem of spiral. Silver corroded, breaking through gold.

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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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