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Description: | Copper alloy bridle cheekpiece. One lozengiform terminal survives, it is oval internally with a knob at three of the corners. The fourth corner tapers into a D-shaped arm after 13mm this arm flares into a transverse ridge and then into a rectangular central moulding which is 15mm in length and 16mm in width. The edges of this moulding are waisted half-way down its length, the moulding is decorated with four circular impressions which are arranged in a lozenge-shape. This moulding then tapers into another transverse ridge and the beginning of the other arm, the rest of which is missing due to an old break. The reverse is flat and undecorated. This cheekpiece is likely to be late Anglo-Saxon and 11th century in date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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