5th-10th century AD. A silver group comprising two buckles of Burgundian typology, one with semi-circular kidney-shaped plate and round ring, a second one smaller with rectangular plate, both with rivets for the fastening to the leather strap; an embossed mount of Magyar typology with foliage decoration. See Fodor, I., Revesz, L., Wolf, M., Nepper, I.M., Morigi Govi, C., Gli Antichi Ungari, nascita di una nazione, Bologna, 1998, p.99, cat. no.45 (horse bit); 103, cat. no.134 (hilt of sabre); 104, cat. no.184 (chape of a scabbard), and also pp.138-139 for type of decoration of the mount; for the buckles see Escher, K., Genèse et évolution du deuxième royaume burgonde (443-534) : les témoins archéologiques (British Archaeological Report, S-1402), 2 vol., Oxford, 2005, cat. no.01BO23. 20.7 grams total, 18-33mm (3/4 - 1 1/4"). From a central London collection; previously in a European collection formed 1979-1989. K. Escher distinguished two different kind of these buckles: These buckle plates exist in a large model for a belt and in a pair of small models for shoes or garters. They are related to similarly shaped buckle plates, bearing three rivets around a decoration of partitioned jewels. [3, No Reserve]