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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy 11th century bridle cheek-piece. The object is asymmetrical and is moulded on the upper surface with an inward-turning beast with three tendrils or crests protruding from the head. The beast has a long neck which curves outwards then back on itself. There are areas of oval shaped openwork to give further definition. The reverse is undecorated. One narrow edge is broken, but this did not occur in recently. The surface of the object is a matte brown colour. It measures 51.5mm long, 26.93mm wide and 6mm thick. It weighs 26.6g.
The decoration used on these fittings derives from the late Viking Ringerike style. The Ringerike style is the penultimate phase of late Viking-age art, and was used for most of the 11th century (Williams 2007, Finds Research Group AD700-1700 Datasheet 39).
A similar example has been recorded on the PAS database (WILT-34C3A7) and is from Laverstock, Wiltshire). | Subjects: | Cheek-Piece | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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