Anglo-Saxon Bronze Zoomorphic Strap End

Comprising: rectangular headplate with raised borders and concentric bands of Style I animal ornament and central disc; three ribs to the shallow bow with central disc; horse-head lappets to the shoulders, cruciform footplate with raised inner rim and Style I motif, boss with surrounding tiered collar to the foot and lateral lugs; remains of catch, pin-lug and ferrous pin to the reverse. 86 grams, 13.4 cm



Found Seaham, Co Durham, UK. Property of a Durham private collector.

With highly decorative openwork border of Style I ornament to the headplate formed as a rectangular median plate with lateral wings, enhanced with punched-pellet detail to the sides and top edge of each; raised central square panel with incised rosette; to the middle of each edge a Style I human mask in plan, formed as a T-shaped brow-and-nasal with two pellet eyes, with pairs of Style I profile bird-heads with curved beaks; the bow deep with facetting at each end; the footplate rectangular with Style I lappets; transverse collar above a finial Style I human mask with complex beard below; pin-lugs and scar for catchplate to reverse. 52 grams, 12.3 cm



Found Seaham, Co Durham, UK. Property of a Durham private collector.

Flat in section with reeded gilt borders, central knotwork motif; probably a portion of an ornamental mount, with a later applied loop for suspension. 3.96 grams, 42 mm



From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.