Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Apex Stirrup Mount with Urnes Entwined Beasts

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 7/8 in. (23 grams, 48 mm).

An exceptionally rare tulip-shaped mount with Urnes Style interlace, pierced at the apex and twice at the base above the shallow rear ledge.

Provenance

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in East Anglia, UK.

Literature

Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, Class B, Type 2 (pl.4).

CONDITION

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