Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Interlaced Serpents
10th-11th century A.D. Squat-bodied and triangular in form; short tab with rivet hole to apex, ledge with rivet to reverse of the lower edge, displaying high-relief interlaced serpent design with head above the lower edge. See Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997. 22.3 grams, 32 mm (1 1/4 in.).

Acquired early 1990s. From an East Anglian private collection. The mount is not included in Williams's study of Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mounts, which is now more than twenty years old. However, it is evidently an example of Class B, while lacking the bear-mask and openwork features. Its design appears to derive from a Class A type (Williams's nos.380, 383) which shares the feature of the facing serpent-head placed centrally on the lower edge.