buckle/clasp

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Author: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
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Code: 
540
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Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Petroula Hadjittofi
Description: 
C/1997/1680   Tripartite silver filigree buckle/clasp, similar to no. C/1997/1679. Three stones, two light blue and one red, are preserved at the centre of three applied large rosettes. The rings and chains have been lost. There are six bars on the reverse side, one on the central piece and two and three respectively on the two outer pieces, for securing the clasp to a belt.   Total width: 19 cm. Height: 8.4. Donation from the Association of Friends of the Leventis Museum.
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Ριζοπούλου-Ηγουμενίδου, Ε. και Λοΐζου-Χατζηγαβριήλ, Λ. 2003: «Πούκλες και ζώνες»: Η συλλογή του Λεβέντειου Δημοτικού Μουσείου Λευκωσίας, Λευκωσία: Λεβέντειο Δημοτικό Μουσείο Λευκωσίας.