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LOT 0306
Alemannic Silver-Gilt S-Shaped Bird Brooch
LATE 6TH-EARLY 7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (3.88 grams, 31 mm).
With raised borders and median band, all decorated with triangular punchmarks and niello fill; gilt chip-carved band detailing; discoid cell at each end with garnet cloison 'eye' (one absent); pin-lug and catch to the reverse.
Provenance
Acquired early 1990s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Literature
Cf. Menghin, W., The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item VI.3.14.1.
Footnotes
A classic development of the S-fibula with bird-head detailing.
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