Vikings

Decorated harness mount

Period:

Early Medieval

Description:

This small mount was a decorative attachment on a horse's harness.  The design would have been highlighted in red, yellow and blue enamel.  The design suggestes contacts with Ireland and the object may have been made in Ireland.

 

Circular hollow-backed mount with four lugs.  Quatrefoil design on the face, raised to take enamel (now absent).  This is a broken attachment lug or fitting on the underside.

Materials/Media:

copper alloy

Dimensions:

diameter 20mm, thickness 0.6mm

Source:

Stranraer Museum

Accession number:

WIWMS 2002.16

Digital Number:

SRAC004n

Copyright:

Dumfries & Galloway Council