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LOT 0312
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Style Entwined Beast Stirrup Mount
11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (30.48 grams, 54 mm).
A rare variant of Williams's Class A Type 10b, a heater-shaped plaque with pierced lug at the apex, two piercings below, low-relief openwork Urnes style design with standing beast and entwined tendrils, narrow ledge to the reverse, the apex terminating in a diamond shape.
Provenance
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Literature
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 55, for type.
Footnotes
The mount has the decorative scheme of Williams's Class A Type 10b but its proportions are closer to his Class A Type 11 with a narrow and elongated upper knop.
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LOT 0312
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Style Entwined Beast Stirrup Mount
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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