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Description: | Early Medieval stirrup strap mount of 11th century date. This is an example of Williams class A type 12. This incomplete mount is cast in copper alloy and has a red-brown patina, with patches of light green corrosion. The mount would have originally been lozenge shaped with an openwork design of four smaller lozenges created by a diagonal cross. The mount has worn breaks at the ends of the upper two arms of the cross, thus the upper open work lozenge is incomplete and the apex loop is missing. The upper surface of the mount is decorated with raised circular bosses positioned at the junctions of the cross and the frame, with five bosses remaining visible. The base of the mount has a projecting flange extending 8.11mm from the reverse which is positioned at just under a 135 degree angle. The flange is rectangular with a central perforation for attachment. Both the upper and lower surface of the flange are worn where it would have been attached to a strap. The surviving part of the mount is 27.12mm long, 29.59mm wide and 4.78mm thick.
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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