Bronze Age Central European Spiral Brooch

HALLSTATT PERIOD, 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

4 1/2 in. (65 grams, 11.5 cm).

A large bronze bow brooch of Ringkopffibel type with shallow segmented bow, double-loop to each end, spring with integral pin at on end and large spiral head with catch at the other.

Provenance

Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Beck, H. et al., Fibel und Fibeltracht, Berlin, 2000, fig 69(9), for type.

CONDITION

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