Ca. 100BC - 200 AD. A nice collection of four bronze brooches/fittings featuring: 1. a round brooch with triskele motif. This brooch is round in shape and is decorated with a triad of spirals or triskeles, which were a common motif in Celtic art and were believed to represent the cycle of life. 2. a brooch round in shape and decorated with a rosette and a raised central knob. This brooch is believed to represent the sun or the cycle of life. 3. a trumpet brooch, which is a type of brooch typically used to fasten clothing. 4. a square-shaped fitting with an openwork cruciform motif. This type of fitting may have been used as a decorative element. All these pieces could be used both as decorative and functional items, such as clothing fasteners. To learn more about Celtic / Roman brooches see Richard Hattatt, A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches. Oxbow Books, 2000.Size: L:25-50mm / W:30-50mm ; 55gProvenance: Private London collector, acquired on the Austrian Art market, formerly in an old USA collection formed since the 1970s.