IRON AGE CELTIC BRONZE LA TèNE TYPE I FIBULA 4th-3rd century BC An unusual fibula of La Tène Type I with deep D-section bow and returned foot with bell-shaped finial and knop with glass (?) insert; flat-section shank pierced to accept a separate pin; old collector's label '89.399' to underside. 11 grams, 41mm (1 1/2"). Fine condition. Provenance From an important Mayfair, London collection, acquired 1989, inventory no.399. Literature Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, items 220, 222. Footnotes The brooch is unusual in not having an integral spring and pin formed as an extension to the bow, but a flat finial pierced to accept a separate pin (and spring?).
IRON AGE CELTIC BRONZE LA TèNE TYPE I FIBULA 4th-3rd century BC An unusual fibula of La Tène Type I with deep D-section bow and returned foot with bell-shaped finial and knop with glass (?) insert; flat-section shank pierced to accept a separate pin; old collector's label '89.399' to underside. 11 grams, 41mm (1 1/2"). Fine condition. Provenance From an important Mayfair, London collection, acquired 1989, inventory no.399. Literature Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, items 220, 222. Footnotes The brooch is unusual in not having an integral spring and pin formed as an extension to the bow, but a flat finial pierced to accept a separate pin (and spring?).
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