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Description: | Early Medieval Anglo-Saxon cast copper alloy mount, 8th-9th century, incomplete. Mount, possibly originally drop-shaped (both ends broken off, convex sides, one end apparently narrower than the other), with chip-carved double-stranded interlace decoration and plain border (border width c.3-4mm). The mount is curved transversely (arched on the obverse). Apparently un-gilded. No rivet holes on the surviving incomplete mount. Length 34.00mm, width 25.54mm, thickness as curved c.5mm, thickness of metal 1.9mm, weight 6.78g. | Subjects: | Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Atherton, Rachel - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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