Ormsby Mount

Medieval

The Collection: Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire

700 - 800

Rectangular form with projecting terminals in form of two frontally facing heads, each with slit mouth, bulbous eyes and arched eyebrows, framed by centrally parted hair in twisted strands, two 'curls' on the shoulders. Pierced twice for attachment.

• Medium: copper alloy
• Dimensions: 5 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £7000 ( Total: £7,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2000
• Vendor: G Taylor

Provenance

Found in Ormsby, Lincolnshire; Christie's 1999, not sold.

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