MOUNT 929571

Description: An Early Medieval to Medieval copper alloy openwork cruciform mount, probably decorated in the Ringerike/Urnes style and dating to c. AD 1000-1100. The mount is broadly plano-convex in cross section, and is cast into the form of four interlaced tendrils or serpent-like creatures, with their bodies overlapping to form four central openwork circular apertures arranged in a cross. Each tendril terminates in a zoomorphic sub-triangular perforated lobe, forming the heads of the creatures; one is lost to an old break. The pointed tail of the animal forming the opposite arm projects at a perpendicular angle from the right of the neck of each. Dimensions: lenght ; width ; thickness 3.6mm; weight 11.81g. cf. similar examples on this database, such as WILT-B0C48A and IOW-A556B1, amongst others.

Date: 1000 - 1100

Object type: MOUNT

Last import: September 22, 2022