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Description: | Copper alloy, perhaps with high tin content.Mount. Cast Openwork Zoomorphic Mount fragment. The object depicts a dragonesque beast or gryphon with a ring and dot eye and gaping jaws or beak with toothy projections; the jaws are perhaps biting its own body or hindquarters, with a small three-toed claw immediately adjacent to the head. The head is at the end of an angular and elongated neck which springs at an angle from a broader body with a large front foot or claw beside it; the body is textured with stamps resembling an irregular form of ring and dot. These impressions and the larger claw or leg also appear on the reverse, suggesting that at least part of the object would be seen from two sides. The further extent of the body is lost. The execution is not skilful, though it is undeniably and appealingly energetic, suggesting an Anglo-Scandinavian affinity. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1050.Length: 32.6mm, Width: 26.3mm, Thickness: 3.5mm, Weight: 6.20gms.
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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