03-14-2010, 08:25 PM
I spoke to the museum curator in Naples who was holding them in her hand (the belt plates with the frogs) while I was on the phone talking to her and she told me that they were made of a silver laminate that had been punched out. I am sure silver laminate means thin silver sheet.
So they were entirely of silver. Then if they were wrapped around a copper alloy plate for support is another story. As a matter of fact, the curator told me that there was no evidence from what she could see that there was any backing.
So they were entirely of silver. Then if they were wrapped around a copper alloy plate for support is another story. As a matter of fact, the curator told me that there was no evidence from what she could see that there was any backing.
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