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Description: | 11th century copper alloy stirrup mount. This mount is a William's class 11A mount. It is sub-triangular in plan with a trilobed apex. It is decorated with a moulded depiction of a left facing lion. The decoration in the apex is worn and smoothed over, but it is possible to discern a pendant lobe that crosses into the main body of the mount and appears to hang in the lion's open mouth. The lion is well proportioned, with its front right paw raised and its tail curling around its hind left leg and over its back. Again this decoration is worn and smooth, so details such as individual claws are lost, but it is possible to make out the eye, ear and four downward segments of the lion's mane where the neck meets body.There are two fixing holes to the bottom of the mount, and one in the apex. All the iron rivets survive and iron has clearly spread from these rivets around the fixing holes to both front and back. The rear of the mount is flat and plain. There is no obvious flange at the bottom. The patina to the rear is dark brown with some patches of light green bronze disease. The patina to the front appears to be dark green and brown, but the object has been treated by the finder.
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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