Copper-alloy, 8.96 grams, 41.66 mm. Circa 11th century AD. A cast openwork mount or strap end with convex sides featuring a serpentine creature executed in Urnes Style, the sinuous body enmeshed in a network of fine tendrils. The Urnes Style is the last mediaeval Scandinavian art style, replaced by the Romanesque in the later 11th century. Reference: cf. the carved sarcophagus in Cormac's Chapel at Cashel, Ireland, in Sawyer, P. (ed.) The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings, Oxford, 1997, p.104. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Suffolk, England.