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Description: | Part of a Late Saxon/Medieval prick spur or possibly a furniture fitting: worn, gilt fragment broken at both ends and gently curving along its length (38mm). One end is a 7mm-wide and 1.5mm thick D-section strip. This ends in break across a possible attachment hole. This widens abruptly into an animal head with moulded features, with flat underside continuing the curve. The animal is perhaps a horse, with short ears, long mane, large eye, and muzzle. Broken off across the mouth. At this end the width is 10mm, thickness 4mm. Most of the surface is of a dull purple colour, with only small patches of verdigris. Gilding survives in few small, protected areas. Upstanding lines and details on the mane and muzzle may once have been grooved or indented, and protected by gilding. This seems too thin and flimsy to have been part of a spur, but it should be noted that some thickness has been lost over most of the surface. Probably 11th or 12th century.
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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