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Description: | Early Medieval stirrup-strap mount of 11th century date. This is an example of Williams class A type 12. The mount is cast in copper alloy and has a red-brown patina, with patches of light green corrosion. The mount is lozenge (diamond) shaped with an openwork design of four smaller diamonds created by a diagonal cross. At the top is a circular suspension loop filled with iron corrosion. The upper surface of the mount is decorated with eight raised circular bosses one in the centre of the base, two between the base and lower junction of the cross and frame, three at the middle corners of the cross and frame and two between the top and the upper junction of the cross and frame. The base of the mount has a projecting flange extending 8.7mm from the reverse which is positioned at about a 100 degree angle. The flange is rectangular with a central perforation for attachment. The mount is 44.9mm long, 28.5mm wide, 4.7mm thick and weighs 11.37 grams. Williams (1997) illustrates several similar examples e.g. page 71, No.306, Fig 72, this example is too worn to be certain if punched decoration was originally present.
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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