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Gothic Silver and Bronze Aviform Bow Brooch Pair

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Circa 5th century AD A pair of silver bow brooches with bronze fittings, each comprising: a flat pentagonal headplate decorated with cast bronze chip-carved edge-trims with collared knop above, central cast bronze plate with collared knop and addorsed bird-heads above a hexagonal plate with notch to respect the bow, and radiating incised lines; the carinated bow deeply curved and hollow to the rear; the footplate long, leaf-shaped, slightly facetted; to the reverse of the headplate, a bronze reinforcement plate at the junction with the bow, spring pin-mount and fittings for attachment of separately cast bronze knops, traces of mineralised textile; to the reverse of the footplate, a bronze tubular catchplate. cf. Gothic bow-brooches from Kerch-Yenikale, Crimea in Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, items I.8.1, I.8.2. Silver and bronze, 125 grams, 19 cm (7 1/2") Property of a European Gentleman living in the UK; ex private collection formed in the 1990's. [2]

Very fine condition, side knops lost in antiquity. Extremely rare.

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