Etruscan Bronze Boat-Shaped Fibula

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Object Description

An Etruscan bronze boat-shaped fibula featuring a raised symmetrical hollow bow with a low triangular catch-plate. There is a small two-coiled spring remnant of which a pin would have been attached to. Two deeply incised grooves decorate the body of the bow. Green patination and earthy encrustations covers the surface.

Date: Circa 8th – 5th Century BC

Object History

Private Collection, UK

Object Condition

Good condition. Patination and encrustation to the surface. Repair above the spring and pin is now lost.

Object Details

  • dimensions
    W:3.3 x x D:6.5 centimeters

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The Gallery
Trent Park Equestrian Centre
Eastpole Farm House, Bramley Road
Oakwood, N14 4UW, United Kingdom

St James's Ancient Art
10 Charles II Street, Ground Floor
St James
London
SW1Y 4AA

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