The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 5, 2022

Straight Pin

c. 500 BC

Italy, Etruscan, late 6th Century BC

Gold and glass

Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Ratner 1978.25

Location

102D Pre-Roman

Fun Fact

Although it appears to be a garnet, the stone in this pin was determined to be glass by close examination by two gemologists from the Natural History Museum.

Provenance
(Mathias Komor, New York, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Max Ratner)
?-1978
Mr. and Mrs. Max Ratner, Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1978-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
"Annual Report for 1978." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 66, no. 5 (1979). p. 192 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1978. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1978.25