9th-10th century AD. A bronze disc brooch with red enamelled figure of a bird reserved against a blue enamelled field; substantial pin, lugs and catch to the reverse. Cf. Heeren, S. & van der Feijst, L., Fibulae uit de Lage Landen. Beschrijving, Analyse en Interpretatie van een Archeologische Vondstcategorie, Amersfoort, 2017, p.231, type 89c, for discussion.12.69 grams, 50mm (2"). From an important private Dutch collection; formerly in the collection of Dr. Hans-Ulrich Haedeke (1928-2017), author of ‘Schmuck Aus Drei Jahrtausenden’ and who became the director of the Museum of Klingenmuseum in Solingen, Germany, in 1968; the collection was formed in the early 1960s; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10480-169960.