Pin with Granulation

7th century BCE H: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm) Citation Source image

Pins were an integral part of the Etruscan wardrobe. Sculpture and vase painting indicate that pins were worn on the shoulders alone or in pairs to fasten a cloak. This delicate pin's globe is decorated with granulation, a technique in which tiny balls of gold are fused to the...

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Joseph Brummer, New York [Yugoslavian treasure]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 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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