We at Timeless can't emphasise enough how rare Anglo-Saxon artifacts actually are.

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Following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century A.D., much of Europe underwent a technological implosion as our ancestors struggled to match Rome's mastery of masony and metallurgy, architectural design, civil engineering, book-keeping, numismatics and countless other disciplines. in Britannia, this 'Dark Age' was exacerbated by the Völkerwanderung - a great migration of Germanic barbarians, specifically Angles, Saxons and Jutes, who eschewed the towns and cities built by the Romano-British for a rural life in the countryside. Consequently, as any metal detectorist will confirm, artifacts from this period of technological regression are extremely rare.

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Timeless are pleased to offer an amazing collection of bronze buckles from the Anglo-Saxon period, specifically:

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• A tiny D-shaped strapend with plate from the early pagan-era of Anglo-Saxon Britain.

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• A beautiful D-Shaped Saxon buckle dating from the 6th - 7th Century A.D.

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• An example of a mid-period oval buckle with plate and rivets, 7th Century A.D.

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• A perfectly preserved 7th - 10th Century Germanic buckle with openwork dragon to the integral plate, and an inset garnet to the tongue.

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• A very large 7th - 10th Century Germanic buckle with a ribbed surface and substantial balustered tongue.

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Handframed and mounted, outer measurements are c. 56cm x 30cm

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