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<p>[QUOTE="Ex Libris, post: 2688825, member: 14916"]I am sorry for my late reaction, I was offline for a while.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is very hard to determine this piece of bronze, because it is too damaged. I tried to compare the shape with the examples form the book "<a href="https://spa-uitgevers.biedmeer.nl/Webwinkel-Product-179509079/Fibulae-uit-de-Lage-Landen.html?Lng=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://spa-uitgevers.biedmeer.nl/Webwinkel-Product-179509079/Fibulae-uit-de-Lage-Landen.html?Lng=en" rel="nofollow">Brooches from the Low Countries</a>", but I could not find any exact match.</p><p><br /></p><p>That can mean different things:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Your object is not a fibula (brooch), but an UMO (Unidentified Metal Object).</p><p>2. Your fibula is a regional version of a brooch, that is not found so far in the Low Countries and thus not in my book.</p><p>3. I looked over it (the book contains 20.000 brooches).</p><p><br /></p><p>About your bronze ring. These are very hard to determinate, because they look exact the same from the bronze age to well into the 20th century as they were used mainly in horse harnesses. Only a scientific analysis of the metal itself could say something about age and use.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]274084[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ex Libris, post: 2688825, member: 14916"]I am sorry for my late reaction, I was offline for a while. It is very hard to determine this piece of bronze, because it is too damaged. I tried to compare the shape with the examples form the book "[URL='https://spa-uitgevers.biedmeer.nl/Webwinkel-Product-179509079/Fibulae-uit-de-Lage-Landen.html?Lng=en']Brooches from the Low Countries[/URL]", but I could not find any exact match. That can mean different things: 1. Your object is not a fibula (brooch), but an UMO (Unidentified Metal Object). 2. Your fibula is a regional version of a brooch, that is not found so far in the Low Countries and thus not in my book. 3. I looked over it (the book contains 20.000 brooches). About your bronze ring. These are very hard to determinate, because they look exact the same from the bronze age to well into the 20th century as they were used mainly in horse harnesses. Only a scientific analysis of the metal itself could say something about age and use. [ATTACH=full]274084[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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