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Description: | A gilded copper alloy Anglo-Saxon mount. The central area of the mount is trapezoidal in shape, widening to an oval terminal at one end and a terminal with two adjacent lobes at the other. The upper surface of the mount is decorated with gilded carved zoomorphic ornament. It is enclosed by a border with repeated incised lines. The central part of the object and the oval terminal have a relatively abstract interlaced design, possibly representing two intertwined animals with triple stranded bodies. The lobed terminal has a bird's head with a curved beak in each lobe. The birds are linked by a an arched linear body with two strands (one of which is ridged in the same manner as the border). The eyes are pellets within circular heads and there is a larger pellet between the heads of the birds. The reverse of the mount is undecorated and has two parallel circular headed rivets along the length of the object. The remains of an iron strip are still in place between the rivets and the object. The strip appears to have extended beyond the mount, where it narrows. This iron strip may have been attached to an organic object, for example a box or bucket, or more probably perhaps horse harness.
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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