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Wedding crown

Object Place: Europe, Norway

Medium/Technique Metal
Dimensions Height: 13.2cm (5 3/16in.)
Other (diameter at top): 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.)
Other (diameter at base): 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number41.896
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver

DescriptionRepoussé head band with open-work design above. Four medallions enclosing gilt Madonnas each surmounted by a flying bird. Between birds letter M with crown and cross above. Hung with silver and gilt leaves and discs.
ProvenanceBy 1927, Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes; 1941, Gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes to the MFA.