buckle

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Object Type
Museum number: 1902,1108.91
Description: Tinned copper alloy buckle: oval inclined loop with tongue rest and cast linear decoration; strangulated tongue with basal shield with incised fret border; hinged triangular plate lobed for five domed-head pseudo-rivets (all now missing except for stubs of three) and incised with fret border enclosing two round-ended crosses in panels divided by zigzags; attachment lugs at back; antique repair to tongue.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 7thC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Mosel, River (?|region); Found/Acquired: Moselle, River (?|region); Found/Acquired: Rhine, River (?|region)
Materials: copper alloy; tin
Technique: cast; tinned; incised
Dimensions: Length: 11.50 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
Condition: Antique repair; tinning very worn.
Subjects
Acquisition name: Donated by: Friends of the British Museum; Purchased through: David Reiling
Acquisition date: 1902
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1902,1108.91

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