Accession No
1927.734
Description
Large brooch made of wire copper alloy, with an arched bow, three coiled spring with complete pin and triangular catch plate with serrated edge. Fourteen cylindrical beads along an arched bow, four of which are made of bone, the rest from historic reconstruction made of perspex.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Italy
Period
Iron Age ?Arnoaldi Phase
Source
Ridgeway, William (Professor; Sir) [collector and bequeather]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1927.734
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze; Bone; Perspex
Local Term
Measurements
70mm x 157mm Weight 0.07kg
Events
Context (Analysis)
See MacIver, David R., (1924) 'Villanovans and Early Etruscans', Clarendon Press. Plate 24, middle of middle shelf. Cf. also same Fig. 51. p.139 (serrated catch plate). Label '623'. ?Bellirgona.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Large perfect bronze bow brooch. Bow threaded with beads (all but 4 beads now broken and replaced with perspex copies 1979). Long catch plate with serrated edge
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Bronze fibula'
Event Date 1927
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Context (Display)
Exhibited: Archaeology Gallery, case 28, Clarke Gallery, 1984-2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Large brooch made of wire copper alloy, with an arched bow, three coiled spring with complete pin and triangular catch plate with serrated edge. Fourteen cylindrical beads along an arched bow, four of which are made of bone, the rest from historic reconstruction made of perspex.
Event Date 22/3/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:48978
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