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LOT 0792
Roman 'The Rodings' Silvered Bronze Bird Brooch
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.9 grams, 25 mm).
Complete with pin lug, pin and catchplate to reverse; bird standing right with wings folded against the body, remains of silvered detailing to the feathers and head. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found The Rodings, Essex, UK.
Literature
See PAS WAW-FFAE08, WILT-98EBB0, WILT-695751, for Roman duck brooches.
Footnotes
Excavating an archaeological site at Salthouse in October 1980, Alex Vines found a bronze bird thought to be part of a Roman duck brooch. The shape was slightly different from our specimen, but it confirmed that brooches shaped as ducks were used by civilians in 2nd-3rd century Roman Britannia. The zoomorphic brooches were typical in Britain as many of the birds shown were either representative of native birds or of ducks.
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