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Description: | Gilt copper alloy terminal from an Anglo-Saxon drinking horn. The terminal is oval in cross section and roughly rectangular in plan, slightly tapering to a scroll-like tip. At the attachment end the terminal splays into three arms, one of which has a rivet hole however the other two are incomplete. Just before the splayed arms the mount has a deep channel running around the body with two smaller bands to either side. The channel and the bands have been gilded. On the crest of the body there is a moulded gilt animal face looking down towards the tip of the mount. The face has pelleted eyes and large moulded eyebrows and forehead. The snout is ridged and there are three transverse lines flanking it on either side. At the other end there is a similar beast but with a squat snout and no transverese lines facing the first beast looking towards the attachment end. Below the faces along the side of the mount there is a rectangular panel containing five or six gilt curls. There is a deep channel and two bands after the faces. The tip of the mount has another face on the crest with beady eyes and a snout which is scroll-like, curling underneath its head and leaving a hole through the centre. The object is damaged along one side but otherwise is in very good condition. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Daubney, Adam - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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