Gold serpentine fibula (safety pin) with animals in granulation

Said to be from Russelae (modern Roselle), Grosseto, Italy (Milani 1895, p. 24, n. 1)

Reportedly, collection of Marchese Carlo Strozzi; by 1886 and until 1895, collection of Samuel Thomas Baxter (1810-1903), Florence, Italy; acquired in 1895, purchased from S.T. Baxter.

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Alexander, Christine. 1928. Jewelry: The Art of the Goldsmith in Classical Times as Illustrated in the Museum Collection. p. 41, fig. 90, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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de Puma, Richard Daniel. 2013. Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 7.38a, pp. 30, 266, 319, New Haven and London: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.