Viking Age Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount with Bear's Mask

11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/2 in. (30 grams, 40 mm).

Of Williams's Class B Type 4, comprising a facing bear's head mask with piriform eyes and openwork ears, ribbed forelock, lateral loops above vertical bars connected to the lower rectangular panel with angled ledge below; restored.

Provenance

Found UK.
From an old North Country collection; formed between 1970-2000.

Literature

Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 437.

CONDITION

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