6th century AD. A brooch in the form of a stylised bird profile with large disc eye, recurved beak, elliptical body and forked tail; wing area filled with incised linear design; catchplate and pin-lug to reverse. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period - Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item VII.17.18 and West, S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, item 23(7"). 2.89 grams, 37.14mm (1 1/2"). Found Nottinghamshire, UK. Brooches of this type depicting a single bird in profile with folded wing, are found in areas associated with the Merovingian Franks and among their neighbours; they were worn by high-status females as part of their formal costume.