Silver gilt (copper-alloy inner), 35.55 grams 114.73 mm (buckle and plate)/ 18.37 grams 75.35 mm (belt chape). 14th-15th century AD. A complete belt furniture set comprising the buckle with its plate and the belt chape. The buckle is elliptical in format with foliate detailing on the outer edges opposite the hinge. The cast rectangular-section tongue has a rectangular shield at its base and curves over the outer edge of the loop. The plate is a hollow rectangular-section panel bearing an eccentrically-placed gilded foliate incised scroll design within a double cartouche with zigzag infill; this is attached by four silver rivets to a copper-alloy reinforcing plate which has been re-used and bears two billeted borders and a large pierced ring-and-dot motif at the outer edge. The D-shaped belt chape is similarly constructed to the buckle-plate, and bears a similar incised foliate scroll within a plain double cartouche. There are three silver attachment rivets piercing the upper face and hammered onto the lower. The chape and buckle form a suite of belt furniture, likely to have belonged to a wealthy merchant or minor nobleman. Reference: Egan, G. & Pritchard, F. Dress Accessories 1150-1450 Woodbridge, 2008 p.77. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.