Copper-alloy, 14.31 grams, 27.80 mm. Circa 10th – 11th century AD. A mount of Williams's Class A Type 8 featuring an animal head at the apex (lost in antiquity) and two extended animal-head projections on the base joined by raised elliptical bodies. The bodies contain tongue-shaped recesses with niello inlay; the central panel above the rivet-holes features both a niello background and step-pattern silver wire inlay in three columns. The rear flange is complete, with one rivet still in place. The upper loop is missing. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts - A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report 111, Oxford, 1997, p.47ff. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Suffolk, England.

Copper-alloy, 17.07 grams, 42.02 mm. Circa 10th - 11th century AD. Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup-mounts of Williams's Class A Type 12 are found in both openwork versions and plain cast, as here. The mount is formed as a lozenge with an internal saltire and the junctions lack the usual raised bosses. The rear flange is complete and pierced by a single rivet, and the apex loop is intact. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts - A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report 111, Oxford, 1997, p.71ff. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Suffolk, England.

Copper-alloy, 17.22 grams, 41.62 mm. 11th century AD. A late Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mount of Williams's Class A (unclassified). The plate is subtriangular with convex sides and two attachment points in the thickened lower edge. The original design can be detected by the regular disposition of the openwork perforations. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup Mounts - A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report III, York, 1997, fig.51 item 371. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Tilbury, Essex, England.

Copper-alloy, 17.14 grams, 47.02 mm. Circa 10th – 11th century AD. An Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mount of Class A, Type 11A depicting a lion passant with raised forepaw, tail and head, and with its mouth open as if roaring. The design is reserved against the background, heavily modelled to give a rounded effect. The lower two rivet-holes, the attachment loop and the floriate detailing on the upper loop are all present. The lower portion of the design is pierced beneath the animal's stomach. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts - A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report 111, Oxford, 1997, p.58ff. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Harston, Cambridgeshire, England.

Copper-alloy, 9.83 grams, 35.37 mm. 10th-11th century AD. A finely-made hollow mount in the shape of one animal-head swallowing another. A ribbed bulb forms the brow flanked by elliptical bulb eyes above a gaping mouth and square-ended muzzle; between the jaws a second animal head emerges with its curled neck and ear within the mouth and its lentoid eyes placed beyond the larger creature's snout. The piece is the finial from a stirrup terminal, with the hollow back section for attachment to the main part of the stirrup. 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. Provenance: found near Snettisham, Norfolk, England.

Copper-alloy, 18.78 grams, 48.52 mm. Circa 10th - 11th century AD. This type of Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup-mount - Williams's Class A Type 12 - with latticework detailing on the outer face may be found in both closed and openwork versions. The present example was cast as a closed mount but the upper lozenge has been opened fully and one of the others shows signs of piercing. The mount is formed as a lozenge with an internal saltire, with raised bosses across the three central points. The upper mounting plate is complete and the rivet-hole is intact. The rear flange is complete with a piercing for attachment, filled with remains of the rivet. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts - A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report 111, Oxford, 1997, p.71ff. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Cambridgeshire, England.

Copper-alloy, 11.67 grams; 43.97 mm. Circa 10th – 11th century AD. An Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mount of Williams's Class A Type 1, characterized by its pentagonal profile and incised decoration. The design consists of two addorsed lateral animal heads with long, drooping necks bound together in a mesh of tendrils. The reverse flange carries a single rivet-hole. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts - A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report111, Oxford, 1997, p.26ff. Very fine condition. Provenance: found near Cambridge, England.

Copper-alloy, 25.74 grams, 47.95 mm. Circa 10th – 11th century AD. A popular design of Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mount of Class A, Type 11A which features a lion passant with raised forepaw, tail and head, and with its mouth open as if roaring. The design is reserved against the background. The modelling on this example is very heavy to give a full three-dimensional effect. The single upper rivet hole is intact and the floriate detailing on the upper loop is complete. The rear flange is pierced for a second attachment rivet. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts - A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report 111, Oxford, 1997, p.58ff. Very fine condition.

Copper-alloy, 24.04 grams, 46.21 mm. 10th-11th century AD. A good example of Williams's Class A Type 6 stirrup-mount. The design on this class consists of an animal-head upper terminal from which emerge two lateral entwined serpents above a vegetal motif which possibly represents a blend of the Norse Mjotviðr world-tree motif and the classical Christian 'tree of life' drawn from Anglo-Saxon manuscript art. The design is clearly moulded and well preserved. The lower flange is still present on the reverse and the two basal rivet-holes are intact. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts – A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report 111, Oxford, 1997, p.42ff. Very fine condition.

Copper-alloy, 17.27 grams, 43.37 mm. Circa 10th - 11th century AD. This type of Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup-mount - Williams's Class A Type 12 - with latticework detailing on the design may be found in both closed and openwork versions. The mount is formed as a lozenge with an internal saltire, the junctions decorated with raised bosses and the lattices bearing incised detaling. The upper mounting point is fractured across the rivet-hole. The rear flange is complete with two piercings for attachment. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts - A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report 111, Oxford, 1997, p.71ff. Very fine condition.

Copper-alloy, 19.36 grams, 45.99 mm. Circa 10th – 11th century AD. An Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mount of Class A, Type 11A depicting a lion passant with raised forepaw, tail and head, and with its mouth open as if roaring. The design is reserved against the background, heavily modelled to give a rounded effect. The single upper rivet is in place in the rivet-hole and the floriate detailing on the upper loop is present. The lower portion of the design is pierced between the animal's legs for a second attachment rivet. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts - A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report 111, Oxford, 1997, p.58ff. Very fine condition.

Copper-alloy, 19.24 grams, 45.45 mm. Circa 10th - 11th century AD. An Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup-mount of Williams's Class A Type 12 with fine detailing on the latticework design. The mount is formed as a lozenge with an internal saltire, the junctions decorated with raised bosses and the lattices bearing incised detaling. The upper mounting point is complete and the round the rivet-hole is an incised decorative line. The rear flange is complete with a single piercing for an attaching rivet. A robust mount in good condition. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts - A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report 111, Oxford, 1997, p.71ff. Very fine condition.

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.

Iron, 13.76 grams, 42.90 mm, 10th-11th century. A nicely cast late Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mount of Williams’s Class A Type 1. The incised design features two addorsed beasts’ heads on drooping necks divided by a central panel; the lentoid eyes are clearly depicted. The three piercings and reverse flange are complete. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup Mount, CBA Research Report 111, York, 1997, fig.19-6. Very fine condition.

Iron, 13.07 grams, 42.81 mm. 10th-11th century AD. A good example of a rarer form of Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup-mount, Williams’s Type 13, mostly found in East Anglia. The overall shape is lozengiform with discoid extensions at the upper and lateral extremities. The lateral discoids each contain a cast boss, and a third boss is placed symmetrically towards the lower edge; the fourth ‘boss’ is the rivet-head (still in place) in the upper discoid. The central motif is an inset lozenge. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts. A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report 111, York, 1997, p.75, items 338-47 and fig.48. Very fine condition.

Copper-alloy, 19.40 grams; 44.67 mm. Circa 10th – 11th century AD. Williams's Class A Type 1 Anglo-Scandinavian mounts are characterized by a pentagonal profile and incised decoration. The ornamentation consists of two addorsed pendant animal heads with long, drooping necks and enmeshed tendrils in Anglo-Scandinavian style. The lower fied between the two rivet holes features a looped 'fleur-de-lys' design formed from these tendrils. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts - A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report111, Oxford, 1997, p.26ff. Very fine condition. Found Cambridgeshire.

Copper-alloy, 12.37 grams; 44.80 mm. Circa 10th - 11th century AD. Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup-mounts of Williams's Class A Type 12 are found in both closed and openwork versions, as here. The mount is formed as a lozenge with an internal saltire, the junctions marked with raised bosses. The quality of the mounts' workmanship is determined by the fineness of execution; on this example, the straps are all narrow and finely made. The rear flange is complete and pierced, and the apex loop is intact. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts - A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report111, Oxford, 1997, p.71ff. Very fine condition. Found Norfolk.

Copper-alloy, 17.10 grams; 38.14 mm. Circa 10th – 11th century AD. A pentagonal Anglo-Scandinavian mount with incised decoration in the shape of a central fleur-de-lys and lateral animal-heads. The apex loop was lost in antiquity; the single lower rivet is still in situ. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts - A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report111, Oxford, 1997, p.40ff. Very fine condition. Found Essex.