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Description: | Complete cast copper alloy 11th century stirrup mount. The mount is sub-triangular in plan with a circular loop (on the same plane) at the apex. It has an open work decoration that is formed from a saltire cross set between the frame of the mount. At each end of the cross, on the frame, and at its centre, is a low globular knop, otherwise the mount is plain. The reverse of the mount is also plain but the reverse of the frame and cross are grooved, though it was not recessed to hold another material. The flange at the bottom of the reverse of the mount is set at a right angle. It is built up with orange coloured corrosion product but it is possible to see a single fixing hole set through the middle of the flange, complete with copper alloy rivet. Also to the reverse, just above the flange, is an additional copper alloy plate, that can be seen through the openwork to the front. This was probably to camouflage the fitting. The other fixing point is at the hole in the loop at the apex. The original surface of the object survives with an even mid green patina, some pitting has revealed a lighter green surface. The mount is 51.8mm long, 30.28mm wide, 6.3mm thick and weighs 31.98g.There are no parallels for this mount and it does not fit easily within William's classification (1997, Late Saxon Stirrup-strap mounts, CBA Research Report 111).Williams comments (pers.comm) that type 3 and type 10 mounts are the primary open work types of Class A. Some type 3 mounts (72-3)also demonstrate the additional plates to disguise the fixing point.However the mount recorded here does not fall happily within either category and must remain as a Class A of previously unknown design.
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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