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Description: | Cast copper alloy sub-pentagonal unclassified stirrup mount, probably of Williams' Class B. The lower portion of the mount is sub-rectangular in shape (32.5 x 13mm), and has heavily debased moulded decoration. There are two surviving iron rivets, surrounded by iron corrosion. The edges of the mount in this section are generally straight. Above this the mount becomes slightly wider then narrows to form a sub-triangular section (37.1 x 30.8mm). Here the edges are formed by projections linked by concave elements, giving the edge a wavy appearance, with one projection forming the uppermost tip of the mount. This section has openwork and moulded decoration. Three moulded motifs are arranged in a 'V'-Shape, with further moulded and incised decoration beneath, now heavily abraded. The motifs appear to be five-petalled floral designs but may be abstract animal heads. A series of five small apertures are arrange in an inverted 'V'-shape. There are two sub-circular apertures either side of the lowermost floral motif, with a further two apertures, one sub-circular and one sub-oval, between the two uppermost floral motifs, and a final circular aperture above and between these. The remains of a right angled flange can be found on the reverse of the mount at the base. The flange is narrower than the width of the base of the mount (24.5mm). Dull, patchy mid-green and dark patina.
(David Williams. Pers Comm. 19/10/2004. The mount is "a Williams Class B, Type 1, Group 3 stirrup-strap mount. The flowers are heads, 2 ears, 2 eyes and a nose, five in all".) | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1001
1100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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