An ornate Celtic La Tene type silver fibula. The brooch has a spring at the top which continues on to form the pin, an ornate bow and frontal plate with a foot which holds a (slideable) spheroid ball.
 
Celtic: Circa 2nd to 1st century BC.
 
Intact and in fantastic condition.
Length 4 cms (1.6 ins)
 
Provenance: Kurt Schmid, Basel, Switzerland, collected between 1950s - 1970s.