catch-plate

Among the special variations of the early form, mention should be made of the fibulae of the geometric age of Greece, with an exaggerated development of the vertical portion of the catch-plate (fig. 6).

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The bow is convoluted (but the convolutions are sometimes represented by knobs); the catch-plate develops as in group II. (fig. 5).

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The catch-plate is only slightly turned up, but it becomes elongated, in order to mask the end of a long pin (fig. 3).

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The catch-plate is flattened out as in group I., but additional convolutions are added to the bow (fig. 4).

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In the later Iron Age (or early La Tène period) the prolongation of the catch-plate described in the second and fourth groups above has a terminal knob ornament, which is reflexed upwards, at first slightly (fig. 8), and then to a marked extent, turning back towards the bow.

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With the progress of the La Tène period (300-1 B.C.) the reflection of the catch-plate terminal became yet more marked, until it became practically merged in the bow (fig. 9).

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-- Type III with disk for catch-plate, and convoluted bow.]

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The wire of the catch-plate is hammered into a flat disk, on which the pin rests (fig. 2) [Illustration: FIG.

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