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The Fantail fibula, which have a short bow that flares into a flat, wide fan-shaped foot, were common in Britain and on the European continent. The Fantail design lasted into the 2nd century AD. A common and widespread design was the Augen (or Eye) fibula, which has a longer bow and a long, flat, wide foot.
Large Brooch with Spirals, European Bronze Age, 1400–1100 B.C. The spectacle brooch was an ancient fibula from the late European Bronze Age and early Iron Age, primarily worn by adult women of higher social rank. [1] One form of the spectacle brooch originates from the Illyrians and consists of two concentrically wound spirals attached to a ...
In Europe, during the Iron Age, metalworking technology had advanced dramatically. The newer techniques of casting, metal bar-twisting and wire making were the basis for many new objects, including the fibula. [2] In Europe, Celtic craftsmen were creating fibulae decorated in red enamel and coral inlay, as early as 400 BC. [3]
Large Brooch with Spirals, European Bronze Age, 1400–1100 B.C. Illyrian fibulae or brooches were widely used by Illyrians and were very common in Illyria.Some types of fibulae are one of the few objects that all of the Illyrians used and some are even used to declare the distribution of Illyrian people.
English: Walters 54.421 and 54.422 are a pair of superb eagle-shaped fibula found at Tierra de Barros (Badajoz, southwest Spain) made of sheet gold over bronze inlaid with garnets, amythysts, and colored glass. Pendants once dangled from the loops at the bottom.
A disc fibula or disc brooch is a type of fibula, that is, a brooch, clip or pin used to fasten clothing that has a disc-shaped, often richly decorated plate or disc covering the fastener. The terms are mostly used in relation to the Middle Ages of Europe, especially the Early Middle Ages .
Carved from amber, this fibula dates to about 500 B.C.E.The artist is unknown, and there is some debate if the piece is Etruscan made or Etruscan influenced. [2] Amber was a popular material in both Greek and Etruscan art, [3] with the Etruscans using it frequently, often in funerary art.
The front side of Nordendorf I fibula. The Nordendorf fibulae are two mid 6th to early 7th century Alamannic fibulae found in Nordendorf near Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. Both fibulae are from the same grave, a woman's grave from an Alemannic cemetery of 448 row graves. They are labelled I and II, and were found in 1843 and 1844, respectively.