MEROVINGIAN SILVER BELT SET

Ca. 500-700 AD. Western Europe, Merovingian, Migration Period. A beautiful set of silver belt fittings with inset garnets; such fittings were usually affized to the leather belt with bronze rivets/nails. Good condition. At the time of the fall of the Roman Empire, other cultures began to evolve, grow and eventually prosper and their culture and art thrived. The Merovingians (476-750 AD) were one such group and they are traditionally reckoned as the "first race" of the kings of France. For more information on Merovingian buckles and belts, see Effros, B. & Moreira, I. (2020). The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World. Oxford University Press, 916ff. Size: L:Set of 3: 20 - 40mm / W:27 - 34mm ; 34.2g. Provenance: Property of a European gentleman, formerly acquired on the UK Art Market in the 1980s.