Context (Auction / Sale)
Catalogue card reads: 'Bought by the donor [Clarke] from Heir L. Mautner, Budapest, IX, Bakabs-Ter 2.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Bronze fibula of unusual type but somewhat recalling later Villanovan forms. The bow is very short, the catch plate very long and broad and ornamented with incised circles, etc. A disc-shaped projection with two knobs marks the junction of bow and foot. Spring formed by a unilateral coil and bar
Event Date 1927
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Label from 1984-2010 display read: 'La Tène III eastern type, c. 1st century BC'
Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
Exhibited: Archaeology Gallery, case 28, Clarke Gallery, 1984-2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy brooch. Very short bow; head with coiled spring; long, broad catch plate; loop projection with two knobs at the junction of the bow and the catch plate; long pin with a circular cross-section. The outer surface of the catch plate is decorated with incised linear patterns and ring-and-dot motifs.
Event Date 17/5/2024
Author: Esther Laver