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Description: | Irish gilt copper alloy mount of rectangular form with projecting terminals in the form of two frontally facing heads, each with a slit mouth, bulbous eyes and arched eyebrows, framed by centrally parted hair in twisted strands, two 'curls' on the shoulders, the conjoined body decorated with chip-carved net pattern with a beaded border, two semicircular projections midway, pierced twice for attachment with two further attachment loops on the reverse of each head, the obverse gilded. Possibly used to decorate a harness | Subjects: | General Archaeology Jewellery Horses | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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