Ca. 300 BC. An interesting pair of La Tène I type bow brooches, each with a deep bow, pin to reverse, and a foot with a lateral catch. The La Tène culture is a predominantly Celtic culture belonging to the Iron Age, also known as Iron Age II. It developed between ca. 450 and 25 BC. Its name comes from the La Tène archaeological site discovered in 1857 at Marin-Epagnier, on the shores of Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland.Size: L:45-50mm / W:20-25mm ; 10gProvenance: Private London collector, acquired on the Austrian Art market, formerly in an old USA collection formed since the 1970s.