Finial
mid-13th century
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueGilding on silver-plated copper with inlays of niello on silver (94.6% silver, 4% copper, .4% gold, 1% lead)
Dimensions6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number49.465
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1924, Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael (b. 1859 - d. 1926), Skirling House, Lanarkshire, Scotland; June 10, 1926, Carmichael sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 396. Henri Daguerre, Paris. 1937, Galerie Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris; July 8, 1937, sold by Brimo de Laroussilhe to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P14019); April 21, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 292, to the MFA for $400. (Accession Date: May 12, 1949)
late 15th–early 16th century
late 15th century (?)
mid-15th century
mid-14th century
first half of 6th century
third quarter of 12th century
11th–12th century
about 1475
late 15th–early 16th century
19th century
about 1220–30