The short clasp is connected to the long egg shaped foot, which is decorated in the middle. An animals head is at the end. The original was broken, and so the replica was reconstructed like a similar brooch found in "Neresheim-Kösingen". The fibula is about 1400 to 1500 years old. The place where it was found is not exactly known, but it is likely that Goethe received his brooch in Weimar, from his hometown, Frankfurt or Frankfurt’s surrounding area. ("Neumann, Goethes Sammlung vor- und frühgeschichtlicher Altertümer", 1952, P. 204). There have been many writings about Goethe’s interest in archaeology, since he did some excavations himself and supported the creation of museums. He thought that ancient relics would have a great value, since they would give less deviated insights into the spirit of long gone times. (Neumann, P. 218).