chatelaine;
girdle-hanger;
chain;
belt(?)
- Museum number
- 1902,1108.45-46
- Description
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Copper alloy chatelaine; chain of wire links (no 46), S-shaped, bent to form triangle; ending with flat bar; ribbed and notched, terminating in hook; sub-rectangular openwork girdle-hanger an arcade of strip (no 45); suspended are three chains terminating in solid rods; incised geometric decoration.
- Production date
- 7thC(late)-9thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Length: 1.62 metres
- Curator's comments
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Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager ‘Summary Catalogue’ (draft MS)
Provenance:
Unrecorded, but said to be from "the district of the Rhine and Moselle", Germany; recent research has shown that the vendor has been notoriously unreliable.
Given by The Friends of The British Museum
Acquired from David Reiling of Mainz through Max Rosenheim
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Cf. C. Boulanger, 'Le Mobilier Funéraire', Paris, pl. 45, 1.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1902
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1902,1108.45-46
