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Description: | Late Saxon incomplete copper alloy harness cheek-piece, broken, worn and corroded, (probably) central stem with rectangular loop at apex and boss where springing from remains of elaborate openwork body, boss at trefoil projection on surviving shoulder, >39 x >45mm, 7-10mm thick. Late 10th-early 11 century. Cf. Broadly similar examples in Pederson 1997-8 'Bidselbesag fra Bøgeskov Strand' KUML (Denmark), fig.3, no.1, and figs.4 and 5.
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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