ROMAN BRONZE FLYING BIRD BROOCH 2nd century AD A cast plate brooch of a bird with wings spread, head and neck modelled in the round; panels for enamel to the wings and tail, loop behind the tail; pin-lugs, pin and catchplate to the reverse. 4.82 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Fine condition; tips of wings absent. [No Reserve] Provenance Ex Cornwall, UK, collection. Literature Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 625.
ROMAN BRONZE FLYING BIRD BROOCH 2nd century AD A cast plate brooch of a bird with wings spread, head and neck modelled in the round; panels for enamel to the wings and tail, loop behind the tail; pin-lugs, pin and catchplate to the reverse. 4.82 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Fine condition; tips of wings absent. [No Reserve] Provenance Ex Cornwall, UK, collection. Literature Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 625.
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