Buckle and Belt-End
1520-1530 (made)
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Buckle and belt-end of a girdle, silver, silver gilt. The buckle is formed of a naturalistic lopped bough arising from swinging foliated branches.It is hinged to a buckle-plate whose upper side is formed of lopped boughs and foliated stems cast and applied as openwork above a silver plate with turned up rims, with a corded edge. The belt-end is formed with foliated cast scrolling stems in a similar manner, and the base is engraved with a floral scroll of rosettes and foliage, with a similar cast edge and with a hoop at the end.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver and silver gilt, engraved |
| Brief description | Silver-gilt buckle and end of girdle, with foliated scroll-work. Possibly Germany, 1520-30. |
| Physical description | Buckle and belt-end of a girdle, silver, silver gilt. The buckle is formed of a naturalistic lopped bough arising from swinging foliated branches.It is hinged to a buckle-plate whose upper side is formed of lopped boughs and foliated stems cast and applied as openwork above a silver plate with turned up rims, with a corded edge. The belt-end is formed with foliated cast scrolling stems in a similar manner, and the base is engraved with a floral scroll of rosettes and foliage, with a similar cast edge and with a hoop at the end. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Lightbown, Ronald. Medieval European Jewellery: with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1992. cat. 79. p. 525. |
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| Accession number | 37&A-1894 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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