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Description: | Fragment of gilt and silvered unidentified object, rectangular terminal with very fragmentary remains of silver sheet, the inner part, which is cast in the form of a mask, splays slightly towards a ragged transverse (ancient) break and retains remains of gilding. Traces of a greyish deposit, possibly solder, on reverse. >19 x >28mm. 4mm thick.Possibly part of a sixth-century Anglo-Saxon horse-harness mount; see similar items at NLM6089, WMID-AA7268, ESS-D57A57, LVPL-3E7503, DOR-1C5D40, NMS-68B712 and SF-3EB792.
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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