ROMAN - ENAMELLED FLYING BIRD BROOCH 2nd-3rd century AD. A zoomorphic plate brooch in the shape of a bird in flight, its head modelled with pronounced beak and roundel eye; the body a rectangle with transverse ribbing; the wings bearing triangular panels of dark blue enamel with inset white enamel pellets; the wedge-shaped tail inset with triangular enamel panels in red and yellow, each with an inset white enamel pellet; a ring placed below the tail to accept a security chain (lost in antiquity). 7 grams, 40 mm. Extremely fine with pin and all the enamel intact. Rare. Provenance From an old English collection. Literature Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches , Oxford, 1985, p.174 item 625.
ROMAN - ENAMELLED FLYING BIRD BROOCH 2nd-3rd century AD. A zoomorphic plate brooch in the shape of a bird in flight, its head modelled with pronounced beak and roundel eye; the body a rectangle with transverse ribbing; the wings bearing triangular panels of dark blue enamel with inset white enamel pellets; the wedge-shaped tail inset with triangular enamel panels in red and yellow, each with an inset white enamel pellet; a ring placed below the tail to accept a security chain (lost in antiquity). 7 grams, 40 mm. Extremely fine with pin and all the enamel intact. Rare. Provenance From an old English collection. Literature Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches , Oxford, 1985, p.174 item 625.
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