Massive Stuart Period Bronze Buckle

CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 17TH CENTURY A.D.

3 3/4 in. (253 grams, 95 mm).

Pointed outer edge on a rounded loop, bifid knop on either end of the strap bar, surface decorated with stylised vegetal ornaments. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection, UK.

Literature

Cf. Whitehead, R., Buckles, Witham, 2003, pp.86,88,90, nos.543 and 559 (asymmetrical buckles of 17th century A.D.).

Footnotes

These buckles usually have one rectangular and one rounded D-shaped loop on either side of the central bar. During the late 16th and 17th centuries, the range of asymmetrical buckles became wide.

CONDITION

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