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Description: | An Early Medieval stirrup strap mount (Williams Class a, type 8) dating to the 11th century. A cast copper alloy, sub-triangular mount. It has three attachment holes, one set below the apex ant the other two at the base, above the right-angled flange. The lower two holes retain the corroded traces of iron fixings. The front is decorated with moulded zoomorphic elements and lobed tendrils.The details of the decoration are deeply cast and very clear (Williams, 1997, p48, Nos. 130 etc.). At the apex is a zoomorphic head terminal with prominent eyes. There flows from the apex terminal a series of tendrils which loop around and end in lobes.The base is flanked by two smaller projecting heads which have clear eyes, ears and rounded snouts. Each has a single limb at the front and side and a single wing stretching back on the face of the mount. Between the wings is a sub-triangular area of niello with wire inlay in a wavy line pattern (ibid, p49, fig.33, nos. 144 & 145). At the base is a right angled, backward projecting flange. The back is undecorated. This example is similar to a number of those illustrated in William's classification and seems to combine elements of the prototype stage in the quality of the design detail and the process of debasement in the niello inlay (i.e. nos 131 and 144). Dimensions: 49.12 mm x 27.64 mm x 7.37 mm Weight: 21.03 g
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