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Description: | A worn and corroded Early Medieval cast copper alloy stirrup mount, c. 1025-1100 AD. The mount has an overall symmetrical tongue shape. At one end it is square and bends away from the front face at 90 degrees to form a narrowed perpendicular flange (Type A Flange). On the front face progressing towards the other end of the mount the initial part is rectangular leading to symmetrical knops, one on either side. The rectangular segment has two equidistant circular holes placed across its width. From the knops the mount widens symmetrically in a scallop shape to two further knops, from which point it tapers linearly to a curved end. Just prior to the curved end there are two further knops. Between these knops there is a build up of iron corrosion which from the shape on the reverse suggests this is a further circular hole which is blocked with the remains of an iron fixing. The rear face is flat and undecorated but the front face has the very faint remains of a geometric design which cannot be fully resolved, but appears to have a saltire cross in the centre with circular forms on either side. The cross is possibly filled with niello or silver wire inlay. There is a similar shaped mount illustrated in Williams, Late Saxon Stirrup-strap Mounts (1997) p33; No. 50. The mount is Williams Class A type 1 and dates from the 11th to early 12th centuries. The mount is 43.85mm long, 30.48mm wide, 2.78mm thick and weighs 16.42g.
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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