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LOT 1774
Anglo-Scandinavian Urnes Style Stirrup Mount
11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (19.28 grams, 49 mm).
Of Williams's Class A Type 10a, a heater-shaped plaque with pierced lug at the apex (broken), two piercings above the base, low-relief openwork Urnes style design with standing beast and entwined tendrils, narrow ledge to the reverse.
Provenance
Acquied on the UK art market.
Private collection, Kent, UK.
Literature
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 183, for type.
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