Copper-alloy, 21.63 grams, 44.64 mm. 10th-11th century AD. A finely-made hollow mount in the shape of an an animal-head. A ribbed bulb sits between two plain collars extending to a ribbed brow with lobed, recurved banding forming the eye-socket. The muzzle is delimited by a shallow bulb. The mouth is moulded as an underslung stepped section. The style of the ornamentation is reminiscent of the animal-head detailing of the late 10th century Ramsey Psalter and the sculptured stone animal-head from Deerhurst (Gloucestershire). The mount is evidently a stirrup terminal, with the hollow back section attached to the solid mouth and muzzle. Reference: Backhouse, J. Turner, D.H. & Webster, L. The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art 966-1066, London, 1984, item 41 and cf. Webster, L & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991 p.241 fig.27 and p.223-4 items 178(a,b). Very fine condition.