Context (References)
Ref. Plate: 40 : IVa
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
1926.604 [A-E] Catalogue card: 'Four bronze fibulae of uncommon types related to Italian types, etc. A: Fibula with unilateral spring of a single coil and arched bow made of a series of similar but smaller coils. Catchplate and part of the pin missing...'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Rectangular handwritten paper display label for 1926.603-604 reads: '4 fibulae, pendant & stone figurine. Corsica. Clarke gift.'
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
1926.604 [A-E] Accession Register: 'Four bronze fibulae.'
Event Date 1926
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (Auction / Sale)
Catalogue card: 'From the collection of the late Dr Charles Forsyth-Major. F.R.S. F.Z.S. Lot 261 at the sale of his collections at Stevens's [sic] Auction Rooms. 30.XI.26. Purchased by the donor'.
Event Date 30/11/1926
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Conservation ()
79.76 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Incomplete brooch of copper alloy with coiled bow, formed from a single length of wire; catchplate and pin broken off and missing. Bow formed from six equally sized cascading unilateral coils, terminated at distal end by a transverse break; large, single-spiral unilateral spring with remnant base of pin attached; separate coil of flattened copper alloy wire wound around junction of spring and pin.
Event Date 6/6/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal