chatelaine; girdle-hanger; chain; belt (?)

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chatelaine; girdle-hanger; chain; belt(?)

Object Type: chatelaine; girdle-hanger; chain; belt (?)
Museum number: 1902,1108.45-46
Description: 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.
Cultures/periods: Merovingian (?); Carolingian (?)
Production date: 7thC(late)-9thC(early)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Mosel, River (?|region); Found/Acquired: Moselle, River (?|region); Found/Acquired: Rhine, River (?|region)
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Dimensions: Length: 1.62 metres
Curator's comments: 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; Cf. C. Boulanger, 'Le Mobilier Funéraire', Paris, pl. 45, 1.
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Donated by: Friends of the British Museum; Purchased through: David Reiling
Acquisition date: 1902
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1902,1108.45-46