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| Keywords: Langobardic - Basket Earring - Walters 57475.jpg One of the most common types of Langobardic jewelry the basket earring derives its name from the hemispherical basket of gold wire or basket-like dome of sheet gold on its hoop The front disk of gold is inlaid with gold wire cells to hold glass pastes arranged in the shape of a cross Between the arms of the cross are four gold bosses decorated with gold granules There also are beads of gold granulation creating a border around the circumference of the front disk At the bottom of the disk is a gold wire loop for the suspension of a pendant On the back the sheet-gold basket has a cruciform pattern of incised circles The repetition of the cross motif on this earring suggests Christian Langobard patronage The loop is circular and has gold pseudo-filigree Unusual features of the earring include the hinge on the loop for the suspension of the disk and basket and the hinged pendant loop late 6th-7th century Early Medieval glass paste on gold cm 5 1 2 2 1 7 accession number 57 475 39342 Joseph Brummer Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 place of origin northern Italy Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Lombard jewellery from Italy Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
