6th century AD. A substantial matched pair of silvered bronze bow brooches, each comprising a D-shaped headplate, deep bow with corrugated crescent collar to each end, tongue-shaped footplate; headplate with rivetted strips to the edges; catchplate to reverse of the footplate with spine and piercing to the lower end. Cf. Menghin, W., The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item IX.6.9, for type. 216 grams total, 17-17.5cm (6 3/4 - 7"). From a private London, UK, collection; formerly in the collection of a Cambridgeshire gentleman; acquired in the 1990s. [2] Fine condition.