Copper-alloy and enamel, 8.55 grams, 37.91 mm. Circa 13th century AD. A cast rectangular mount featuring a griffin in champlevé technique advancing with right foreleg raised, tail erect and wings spread. Above and below are rectangular plates pierced for attachment. The gilding remains vestigially on the mounting plates. Reference: cf. gilded and enamelled mount in Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, vol.1, Langport, 2001, item 119. Fine condition. Provenance: found Norfolk, England.