buckle
- Museum number
- 1902,1108.61
- Description
-
High-tin bronze buckle; cast, miniature oval loop; plain tongue; leather strap remains folded around loop secured by split-pin.
- Production date
- 6thC-7thC
- Dimensions
-
Width: 1.60 centimetres
- 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
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1902
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1902,1108.61
