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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy mount. This mount consists of a central part, which is circular in plan, measuring 18mm in diameter, the front face of which projects in a triangular shape, which is 7mm in height, and is decorated with grooves radiating downwards from its tip. The back face is concave and undecorated. There were probably originally four protrusions projecting from this central part, three of them are still complete. The protrusions form evenly spaced opposing pairs, they are 8mm in length, 5mm in width and taper to a point. They appear to be small animal heads, the front face is convex, tiny moulded ears can be seen and they taper to what appears to be a snout. Near to its terminal each of these animal head projections has a single rivet through it, the rivets can be seen on both the front and back faces, the back face is concave. This mount is most likely to be late Anglo Saxon in date and has been identified as such by Dr. H. Geake.
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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