Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Harness Mount with Beast-Head

ENGLAND, 11TH CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (17.4 grams, 50 mm).

Comprising a raised beat-head modelled in the half-round beneath a triangular void with scrolled shoulders, open mouth with Winchester-style scrolled tendrils and pierced attachment lug. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found UK.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Pedersen, A., 'Riding Gear from Late Viking Age Denmark,' in Journal of Danish Archaeology, vol.13 (1996-7), item 5, for type.

CONDITION

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