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Description: | Cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of Williams Class A, Type 11A, depicting a lion in high relief. As seems common with this object class it is heavily corroded and much of the original surface has been lost, therefore little detail on the lion can be seen. The mount is basically triangular with convex sides. The apex is missing from an old break. Just below the break on either side projects an angular knop. The lion is standing on three legs with one foreleg raised and the head bent up and back, facing upwards; this posture is typical in this class. The lion is enclosed in an plain border. Along the base there are two rivet holes filled with iron corrosion. On the reverse there is a flange projecting at right-angles which is trapizoid in plan and does not run the whole width of the base. The mount is 31.3mm wide at the base, and 41.8mm long; it is 4.9mm thick, 6.3mm including the flange. It weighs 19.69g. This type of stirrup-strap mount dates to the 11th century. | Subjects: | Stirrup-strap mount | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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