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Description: | A copper-alloy fragmentary late early medieval, or Viking Age, cheekpiece, cheekpieces were worn in pairs and each is pierced with a round hole through which the ends of the jointed iron bit projected. Only a fragment of the flat plate and of the central hole survives as well as the knob which originally was at the base of a loop, the latter is now missing. This cheekpiece seems most likely to be Williams Type 1, decorated with engraved pair of symmetrical creatures of late Viking inspiration, (Williams 2006 unpublished). The fragment of flat plate has engraved borders formed of small engraved dashes, and an internal division, the form of the possible creatures depicted is unknown as too little survives. The knob above the central hole is faceted . It measures 48.80mm in surviving width and 34.08mm in surviving height.
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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