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Message:: [QUOTE="Woutinc, post: 4670658, member: 78422"]Exactly. Immitations (molded, often in one part). No real. They are to be seen in the link i gave in my first reaction. There among those search results. As i sead they were decorative from early beginning, were you can even say from the beginning. Even the plain simple wire fibulae. Your link says the same. Yep. Really. At most specialized in iron age / roman / slightly medieval and viking (most common for my region). With interest in wider. The most early mycenian violin bow fibulea as well as other early greek fibulae were already decorated.Some references from the many i have. click for larger.   [ATTACH]412833[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]412836[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]412837[/ATTACH] Just like the simple early wire fibula also had decorative aspects.[ATTACH]412835[/ATTACH][ATTACH]412834[/ATTACH]But now i wonder myself <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> why are we actually discussing fibulae?? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie90" alt=":stop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[read back and found it. From your statement: fibula - not decorative. I clearly explaned otherwise i guess.] At the end i think we may say this topic contains earrings based on a kind of zeeland knot like decoration. Correct?[/QUOTE]