Spectacle brooch
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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 pin.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Pabst, Sabine (2012). Die Brillenfibeln: Untersuchungen zu spätbronze- und ältereisenzeitlichen Frauentrachten zwischen Ostsee und Mittelmeer. VML Vlg Marie Leidorf. p. 340. ISBN 978-3896461087.
- ^ Wilkes, John J. (1995). The Illyrians. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. p. 231. ISBN 0-631-19807-5.