Aerial View
Aerial View
Artist
Ruth T. Goodman
(American, 1926 - 2012)
Dateabout 1985
Dimensions2 1/2 × 1 7/8 × 3/8 in. (6.4 × 4.8 × 1 cm)
Mediumsterling silver, 14K gold, fabricated
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of Dorothy Saxe
Object number
2022.16
Not on View
DescriptionAsymmetrical brooch composed of silver and gold. Straight and jagged lines have been incised throughout. A raised strip of silver has been applied in an upside-down horseshoe shape, encircling a gold ball and two small cubes of silver and gold. A sinuous line extends from the brooch’s left and curves beneath the horseshoe’s opening.
Exhibition HistoryKensington, MD, Plum Gallery, Washington Guild of Goldsmiths Juried Show, 1985.
Perhaps 2nd century
250-150 BCE
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