Maker: Unknown
The oblong strap-plate is covered with cells containing garnets, many of which are now lost. On the tongue of the buckle are inlaid three garnets. The bronze of the buckle was once gilt.
History note: Bateman Collection
McClean Bequest
Length: 12.4 cm
Width: 5.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
6th Century, Early
Circa
500
CE
-
590
CE
Dalton (see Documentation) considered that it was Frankish, but T.D. Kendrick ascribed it to British workmanship, 22nd June 1934: E.T. Leeds believed it to be not Frankish, but Visigothic.
Tongue
composed of
garnets
( inlaid)
Strap Plate Cells
composed of
garnets
Accession number: M.1-1904
Primary reference Number: 118983
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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