Hallstatt Spectacle Brooche

Culture: Middle Europe

Period: 9th-6th century B.C.

Material: Bronze

Dimensions: 8.8. cm long

Price: Sold

Ref: 5060

Provenance: Private collection Johanna Raffler (1944-2015), Graz. Acquired between 1979 and 2002 at the international art market.

Condition: Intact

Description: Bronze fibula of round wire with two opposite coiled spiral discs. Between the spirals an eight loop. A wire needle originates from a spiral eye. A hook-formed bent wire end at the other spiral eye forms the needle holder. Fibulae such as this were widespread from the early Bronze Period to the late Iron Age in southeast Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Italy to Greece. Mounted.