Accession No
1926.604 A
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.
Place
Europe; Western Europe; France; Corsica; Pioggiola
Period
Bronze Age
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [monetary donor]; Forsyth-Major, Charles Immanuel (Dr) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1926.604 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
63mm x 118mm
Events
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
FM:48917
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