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Description: | Late Early-Medieval copper alloy stirrup strap mount, measuring 52.3mm in height, 31.6mm in max width and weighing 27.77g. It is Williams' Class A Type 10A. The type reflects the Urnes style influence and depicts a coiled animal. In this example the animal's snout is widenend to the width of the strirrup strap mount just below the pierced (2.5mm diameter) apex loop. Behind this are bulging eyes and comma-shaped ears. Below this is a spiral hip with leg projecting downwards. However curling across it is what appears to be a limb bending at right angles and reaching up to just behind the ears, ending in a curving paw. The body curves into the side and becomes interlaced with the back legs while the tail crosses the mount, bifurcating and one resulting tendril reching up to behind the other ear. Below the animal are two rivet holes c.3mm in diameter, near to each corner. On the reverse a stepped flange projects 7.8mm. The mount is hollowed and concave to the reverse with traces of a white ?fixing substance between the loops. The mount is most similar to Williams' no.182 from Higham, Kent. 11th century in date.
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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