Lot Essay
The bird fibulae are typical of those found in female graves of the Merovingian period. For similar, cf. G.Thiry, Die Vogelfibeln der Germanischen Völkerwanderungszeit, Bonn, 1939, nos. 62, 75 and 80; Jewellery Ancient to Modern, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1979, no. 402; G. Gregorietti, Jewellery Through the Ages, 1969, p.147 (in Museo Arquelógico Nacional, Madrid) and Exhibition Catalogue Germanen Hunnen und Awaren, Schätze der völkerwanderungszeit, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, December 1987 - February 1988, pl.70