ANGLO-SAXON GILT EAGLE SHIELD MOUNT 6th century AD A gilt-bronze mount fragment formed as a bird with recessed eye and hooked beak extending to a piriform plaque with sheet silver appliqué, stud to the reverse. 2.58 grams, 30mm (1 1/4"). Fine condition. Provenance Found Cambridgeshire, UK; 2015. Literature See discussion of animal mounts in Dickinson, T.M. Symbols of Protection: The Significance of Animal-ornamented Shields in Early Anglo-Saxon England in Medieval Archaeology vol.49, 2005.
ANGLO-SAXON GILT EAGLE SHIELD MOUNT 6th century AD A gilt-bronze mount fragment formed as a bird with recessed eye and hooked beak extending to a piriform plaque with sheet silver appliqué, stud to the reverse. 2.58 grams, 30mm (1 1/4"). Fine condition. Provenance Found Cambridgeshire, UK; 2015. Literature See discussion of animal mounts in Dickinson, T.M. Symbols of Protection: The Significance of Animal-ornamented Shields in Early Anglo-Saxon England in Medieval Archaeology vol.49, 2005.
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