MOUNT 1074471

Description: A cast copper alloy gilded rectangular mount of early medieval (early Anglo Saxon, c. 6th century AD) date. The front has a chip-carved zoomorphic motif of Salin style I framed by a heavy linear border.  The interlaced ornament presents an elongated beast, with a body indicated by two sinuous curves of triple-ridged ribbon and with two curved limbs with four claws below. At the right / top end is a prominent eye within a D-shaped head, which has its jaws indicated by a line angled perpendicular to the long axis of the plate (so the beast perhaps faces either down or right, depending on the orientation). The rear end has a small stubby tail pointing up in relation to the body. The reverse of the object is undecorated with no evidence of fittings

Date: 500 - 600

Object type: MOUNT

Last import: September 22, 2022