Later 5th-6th century A.D.. Of Type West Stow Heath comprising: square headplate with punched horseshoe motifs, lateral trapezoidal wings and three radiating knops modelled in the half-round, deep bow with chamfered ends, collars above the footplate, horse-head finial with pellet eyes and bulb nostrils, loop finial, pin-lug and catch to the reverse with old collector's label '92.225'; mounted on a custom-made stand. See West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, for discussion, especially fig.146, item 22. 54 grams, 11.7 cm (95.4 grams total, 13 cm including stand) (4 5/8 in. (5 1/8 in.)).

Property of an English gentleman; formerly in a UK collection formed 1970s-1990s. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.