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| Keywords: Langobardic - Basket Earring - Walters 57476 - Left Side.jpg One of the most common types of Langobardic jewelry the basket earring derives its name from the hemispherical basket of gold wire as in this example The front disk of gold is inlaid with gold wire cells for four red glass or garnet inserts arranged like the arms of a cross around a central circular cell filled with a rounded green stone or glass A triad arrangement of one large and two small circular gold wire circlets fills the space between the garnet inlays and creates a ring around the cross A thick flattened lip of gold decorated with hatching and cross-hatching overlays the outer edge of the disk where it joins the basket On the front of the hoop are a row of five cells for red glass or garnet inlays of which three are still filled The sides of the hoops are decorated with a row of four wire circlets A loop attached to the base of the earring once suspended an additional pendant late 6th-7th century Early Medieval glass paste and garnet on gold cm 5 1 1 9 2 4 accession number 57 476 3956 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 place of origin 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 | ||||
