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Description: | A square gilded openwork mount with a projecting rectangular tab at the bottom and possible traces of another in a similar position at the top. The projecting tab has a rivet hole. The mount is now bent and distorted. Its width is 34mm; its weight 10.73g.
The face of the mount is decorated with a central human or sub-human mask in a square border. The face is raised above its background and the eyes and nose project further. The head has prominent ears which project to either side of the top of the head. Details of the eyes and mouth have been picked out with engraved lines, and the hair is treated with more delicate engraving which is now rather worn. The spaces to either side of the head and between the ears are cut out to form apertures. A separate square gilded fitting, 24mm wide, is attached with a pair of round-headed rivets onto the back of the mount to form a gilded background visible through the apertures. The rivets are positioned at the top of the head and below the chin. The back of both elements is left plain and ungilded.
The face is set within a square frame of engraved triangles which project away from the head. Each triangle is infilled with punched annulets. The projecting tab is ornamented on three sides with pairs of parallel engraved lines with a row of punched annulets between. The upper part of the mount is missing but a horizontal and a vertical engraved line both suggest a similar tab in this position. | Subjects: | Romanesque Stirrup | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Williams, David W - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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