Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount Group

11TH CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (43.3 grams total, 49-53 mm).

Comprising: a tongue-shaped mount of Williams's Class A Type II with pierced trefoil final, high-relief wolf in profile with head raised, two rivet-holes to the base and narrow ledge to the reverse; a triangular mount of Williams' Class A Type 14 with three radiating arms at the apex and rivet-hole between, low-relief chevron to the plaque, angled ledge to the lower edge with median rivet-hole. [2]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.

Literature

Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, items 225, 352.

CONDITION

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