Roman - Enamelled Frog Brooch

(10 grams, 38 mm.).

2nd-3rd century AD. A zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a frog with splayed limbs, its D-shaped head provided with prominent lugs with black glass eyes; on the frog's arched back two rectangular panels of yellow-grey enamel with inset white enamel points.

Provenance

From an old English collection.

Literature

Cf. frog brooches in Benet's Artefacts of England, items R07-0545, 0546.

CONDITION

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LOT 706

Roman - Enamelled Frog Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £828

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