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Description: | Early Medieval Anglo-Scandinavian / Viking cast copper alloy cheekpiece fragment, with Ringerike decoration, Williams Type 2 (see FRG datasheet 39). What remains is a sub-triangular plate with a long (length 14mm) plano-convex projection with rounded knob terminal from one corner, and an engraved spiral motif at the junction of the projection and the plate. The obverse of the plate is engraved with Ringerike style decoration. The plate is broken at the other two corners, across a circular piercing (the edge opposite the projection is concave). The reverse is plain and undecorated. Length 37.80mm, width 15.02mm, thickness 3.9mm, weight 6.09g. | Subjects: | Anglo-Scandinavian cheekpiece | 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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