Description
Geometric
Interlocking
Interlaced
Decorative
Magdeburg Buckle / Chape with Interlaced Pattern
$12.00 – $32.00
This handsome, robust buckle is a close reproduction from a mold excavated in Magdeburg (no later than 1284). The matching buckle plate and chape are pastiches; the shape of the chape and the decoration of both chape and the buckle plate are based on a copper alloy chape excavated at the New Market (Novy Targ) site in Wrocław, Poland, dated to the turn of the 14th century. The shape of the buckle plate is based on several contemporary buckles.
This is our 11th copy of one of the great trove of molds from Magdeburg. Similarly, the structure of the chape is based on a mold from Zerbst, c. 1300 – an accurate reproduction of which is used in our Zerbst buckle and chape. See the gallery for a detail.
This is a large and attractive buckle and chape with a very striking appearance; the chape is nearly 4″ (110mm) long. Definitely an item meant to be seen and admired.
Fits a 1 1/4 inch or 32 mm wide strap.
Product details: Magdeburg molds: Berger, Daniel. Magdeburger Gießformenfund - Herausragendes Zeugnis handwerklicher Zinngießer in einer mittelalterlichen Metropole. Halle: LADA Sachsen-Anhalt, 2020. Vol. 2. Molds 1314 and 1104; Pl. 151; P. 357. Sawicki, Jakub, and Tomasz Borkowski. Medieval Dress Accessories from Nowy Targ Square in Wrocław. Wrocław: Yellow Point Publications, 2017. No. 447. Fingerlin, Ilse. Gürtel des Hohen und Späten Mittelalters. München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1971. No. 50 and 102. Berger, Daniel. “Frühe Belege mittelalterlicher Zinngiesser in Zerbst, Lkr. Anhalt-Bitterfeld.” Archäologie in Sachsen-Anhalt, vol. 7 (2014), P.130; Table 4; Mold 5 (front of buckle on one side; back of chape on the other. Matching mold halves not preserved.)
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