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Description: | A copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount, dating from the early-medieval to medieval periods.The tapering sub-rectangular mount is decorated with an elaborate pattern of zoomorphic interlace, executed in high relief, with openwork fields. This is surmounted by a flat-sectioned loop with circular perforation and three peripheral lobes, the longest of which is that extending straight upwards at the apex. The exact nature of the decoration is difficult to ascertain, but the general design is that of an animal whose head is located immediately below the apex loop and faces upwards. This head, of canine appearance, has a sloping brow, which extends upwards into a higher snout. A pair of rounded and flat ears projects backwards from the flat top of the head. The head is flanked by two tails that extend outwards from the complex interlace body, forming the outer edges of the mount. At the top, these tails loop back on themselves, each terminating in a lappet. A tendril, possibly springing from the left-hand tail, passes over the base of the animal's snout. Projecting from the base of each tail is a spiralled tendril, each of which wraps around one of two circular rivet holes. A further, L-shaped, element separates these rivet holes, and a short right-angled flange extends backwards from behind the flat base of the mount.Height: 59.4 mm; width: 29.6 mm; depth: 7.9 mm. Weight: 31.34 g.This is an example of David Williams's Class A, Type 10 D mounts, a group whose zoomorphic interlace designs are strongly influenced by the Urnes style of ornamentation (Williams 1997: 53-58). Dating from around the 11th century, stirrup-strap mounts formed the junction between the stirrup and its leathers (ibid. 2).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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