Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
MOUNT
Unique ID: SWYOR-0201A1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A silver mount of late Anglo-Saxon (probably 11th century) date. The mount is rectangular in plan and the front is convex. One end is broken. It has an openwork design, the holes having been cut after casting the thick plate; some holes remain as uncut recesses.
The design is hard to read, but a backward-facing animal can be seen together with some interlace which may have zoomorphic elements. There are also deeply incised grooves adding to the design and forming a discontinuous border around it. There is a circular rivet hole in each corner (one broken through), and one silver rivet survives, with a flat head, barely wider than the shaft. The reverse is concave and there are flattened blobs of metal projecting from the back. The whole mount is chunky and substantial.
Other rectangular convex openwork mounts, in copper alloy and with 11th-century Urnes-style relief decoration, is recorded on the PAS database at NMS-02A7E0, SOMDOR-ED0DC0 and ESS-7E3A71. These rectangular mounts also bear some relationship to a series of 11th-century flat oval openwork mounts (e.g. HAMP-B06557, HAMP-BF6492, BH-FD11A0 and SUR-29B2E1).
Notes:
As the object is made of silver and is more than 300 years old, it meets the criteria of the 1996 Treasure Act.
TVC Valuation 09/03/2012: £120
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Bassetlaw Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2011T416
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.14 mm
Width: 28.87 mm
Thickness: 5.15 mm
Weight: 27.43 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 15th July 2010 - Saturday 31st July 2010
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1539
Treasure case number: 2011T416
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
To be known as: Misson
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: LIN-74725D
Object type: MOUNT
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
An incomplete late Saxon copper alloy mount, probably dating to the 11th century. The mount is rectangular in plan and is decorated with an o…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: SUR-29B2E1
Object type: MOUNT
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
A very worn openwork strap mount, probably of early medieval date. The mount has cast or incised apparent interlace decoration and the profil…
Workflow: Published
Find number: NMS-DDB574
Object type: HOARD
Broadperiod: BRONZE AGE
Description: A hoard of 14 late Bronze Age axe heads. All are socketed and single looped.
1. The mouth is rounded, the rectangular section…
Workflow: Published
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618