Silver, 14.06 grams, 33.05 mm. 6th century AD. A two-part fitting comprising a central disc with three stout pegs on the reverse and a hollow surround. The disc (15.59 mm dia.) is formed with running scroll motifs on the outside enclising a stylised human face similar to those depicted on button brooches. This sits within a piriform void in the surrounding mount, on an internal ledge. The surround is about 10mm high and decorated on its vertical face with stylized bird-head motifs; zigzag channels filled with niello are set into the top edge. A flange emerges from the wider end of the mount, decorated with cast Style I bird-head ornament; the remains of a suspension or attachment loop are visible centrally. The exact purpose of the item is unknown, but it is conjectured that it may have formed a fastener for a purse or bag; the disc appears to have been mounted on a substantial strap of leather (?); pushed through the wider end of the hollow mount, it could have been slid up to engage the upper surface and hold it tight in position. Reference: cf. decorative scheme on a belt buckle from Icklingham, Suffolk, in West. S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998 p.169 fig.7. Good fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, recorded with the Museum of London and returned to the finder in the early 1970's.