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BROOCHES - Paisley (Vegetal) 

This piece is based on a style that developed around 500 BC when the Celts were still a formidable power in Europe. They were trading wine with the Etruscans and were influenced by Mediterranean decorative styles. At this time much of Greek decoration was plant based tendrils, which the Celts abstracted and made more fluid.

It is called the Waldalgesheim style by archaeologists - after the famous grave site of this style from that part of Germany.

Curiously this style developed at a time when there was a great deal of movement among Celtic tribes, and may have developed to reflect that physical fluidity which must have occasioned social changes as well.

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Colours
: turquoise 103, browns 173/174 
Size
: 2 1/2" w

Price: US$150
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