A fragment of a cast copper-alloy pentagonal mount found near Roxby cum risby, Lincolnshire. (c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 2.0
A fragment of a cast-copper alloy pentagonal mount found near Roxby cum risby, Lincolnshire. (c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 2.0

Copper-Alloy Mount Fragment (NLM-92AFEC)

A fragment of a cast copper-alloy pentagonal mount found near Roxby-cum-Risby, Lincolnshire

This copper-alloy mount fragment is likely from a horse harness and is decorated with closely-spaced diagonal hatching framing for a zoomorphic openwork design of four battling beasts around a central roundel. The front of the mount contains extensive traces of gilding.  The object is considered an example of Irish or Hiberno-Norse metalwork and thus is associated with Viking activities around the Irish Sea region.

Object Type

Harness mount

Date

circa 800 — 900

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Private Ownership

Keywords

copper_alloy, gilded, harness_fitting, Horses, Irish, Lincolnshire, mount, Portable_Antiquities_Scheme, Viking

Further information

You can see the original at Private Ownership.

Acknowledgements

(c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 2.0

References

Portable Antiquities Scheme

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