Anglo-Saxon 'Entwined Serpents' Mount
Copper-alloy, 3.99 grams, 30.70 mm. Circa 6th century AD. This rectangular mount has a plain relief border enclosing a rectangular panel with rounded corners. The central motif is a pair of entwined serpents, their bodies formed in two parallel bands. The gilding remains on the panel and the mounting pins are in situ on the reverse. Reference: similar in overall design to the Icklingham mount. See West. S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998 p.173 fig.56(1). Very fine condition.