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Description: | A complete copper-alloy late Anglo-Saxon stirrup strap mount of Williams Class A, type 10B (Williams 1997, 55-57, fig 37, no 189-190). Measuring c53mm in height and 30.5mm in width, at its widest central point, the front face is rounded and the back face concave, making the frame arched, which is a characteristic of type 10B. As with all Class A mounts it is sub-triangular in shape, with a swollen middle in this case, and has a central apex loop, the flange is slightly stepped and almost a right angle.
The mount is openwork, as are most other examples of type 10B, and appears to depict a coiled animal and reflect the Urnes style influence. The design shows a beast with a long neck, coiled into an S shape and entwined with tendrils. This example is cast in high relief and has numerous circular perforations. It is most similar to an example from Linton, Cambs (Williams 1997, 57, no 190), which is cast in high relief but is not open work. As with this parallel the curving neck of the beast seems to terminate in a head, below the apex loop, with a possible beak.
On the back face there are two holes with corroded iron rivets within them through the flange, this is also seen on the Linton parallel, fixing holes are more usually through the base of the mount. There are also traces of a corroded iron fitting on the back face of the mount above the flange. | Subjects: | strap mount | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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