Anglo-Saxon Enamelled Interlace Pelta-Shaped Mount
7th-8th century A.D. A pelta-shaped copper-alloy mount with substantial remains of enamelled decorative designs composed of a russet-coloured interlace motif against a light-coloured field, a lozenge to each external angle; Hiberno-Saxon workmanship. Cf. Youngs, S. (ed.), The Work of Angels. Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th centuries AD, London, 1989, items 131, 132. 25.2 grams, 71 mm (2 3/4 in.). Found UK.Acquired in the 1990s.From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK. The shape of the piece indicates that it is a quadrant from a divided circular pattern, similar to the kinds of enamelled inset and applied panels which appear on Irish house-shrines. [No Reserve]