BROOCH WITH ALMANDINE GARNETS - former Kofler-Truniger collection Frankish, 6th century AD. Gilt silver. Semi-circular top plate with five long, strongly profiled knobs with almandine garnets and glass inlays. Vine ornamentation and double pearl border on the top plate. Cross-grooved bow transitioning into a wide foot, set with three domed almandine garnets, framed by zigzag ornamentation, pearl frieze, and punched decoration. 7.8 × 4.7 cm. Gilding with minimal losses. Little verdigris. Back with small repair to the knob. Corroded. Provenance: - Purchased from Prof. Dr. Fritz Fremersdorf, Cologne (according to index card). - Collection of Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne (inv. no. K8047B). - Schweizer Privatbesitz, Luzern, ca. 1974 von obigem erworben. - durch Erbschaft in gleichem Schweizer Familienbesitz, Luzern. Literature: Probably Herbert Kühn: Die germanischen Bügelfibeln der Völkerwanderungszeit in der Rheinprovinz. Bonn 1940, vol. 1, p. 461, No. 168 (according to index card). * The full tax is charged on this item marked *, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.