Early Medieval, Merovingian Bronze Buckle of a Belt and counter fitting with 3 spherical adornment and engraved details (fine!).

Circular belt plate with three bosses and its counterplate.

Belt buckle plate. Tin-plated bronze.

Merovingian period: late 6th century-early 7th century.

Complete buckle plate, consisting of a plate, a buckle and a pin. The plaque is circular in shape decorated with three hemispherical bosses. The decoration of the plaque is composed of interlacings and labyrinths.

On the reverse, the plate has three tenons, arranged in a triangle, which held it to the leather. The barb has a scutiform base, thus taking up the indented shape of the plate and also the same type of decoration: four arches on a dotted field. The barb blade is flat below and domed above. On the reverse the tenon is missing.

Dimensions: H. 9. 5 cm x L. 6 cm

Provenance: private collection from the South-West of France

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