Boscoreale, Villa Vona / angle brace / Bronze / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.1967
Object Name: angle brace
Lot: Michigan State Millers' Association
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Braces
Materials: Bronze; Copper
Length: 8.5
Width: 12.4
Height: 1.8
Weight: 145 g
Pierced: 161
Inscribed: 161
Full Artifact Description: Bronze brace in fair condition. Powdery bright and dark green corrosion on all surfaces, with orange corrosion around nail holes, possibly from iron nails.; Gazda: Angular brace. Bronze.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 1st C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Boscoreale, Villa Vona
Production Site: 140
Countermark: 161
Condition Notes: Bronze disease treatment, 1972.
Exhibition Title: Case 31 - Locks & Bolts
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year: 2009
Type Category: 30

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.1967
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1967/dscn3892.jpg

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Full citation: "Boscoreale, Villa Vona; angle brace; Bronze; Copper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1967/dscn3892.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.