Gilded Brooch (NHMW-Prae 35.645)

3D scan of a gilded brooch with Almandine inlays from the Migration Period In the 6th Century. This brooch from Perchtoldsdorf/Lower Austria is square headed and shows several animal heads on the head plate as well as on the rhombic footplate. It is cast in silver, gilded and decorated with almandine inlays and niello. It was produced in the 6th Century, when Lombard groups inhabited the region. This brooch is Number 40 of the NHM Top 100 and can be found in the Treasury Cabinet of the NHM Vienna. **Specimen**: Migration Period gilded brooch **Inventory number**: NHMW-Prae 35.645 **Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, Prehistory Dept., Historical Archaeology Coll. (contact: Stefan Eichert) Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en). Scanned and edited by Irina Huller, Daniel Oberndorfer, Viola Winkler & Anna Haider (NHMW) Scanner: Artec Space Spider. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.