7th century AD. A gilt copper-alloy equal-arm cruciform mount, a small boss with pearled rim to the centre, four pins for fastening to the reverse. See similar cruciform applique in Fern, C., 'The archaeological evidence for equestrianism in early Anglo-Saxon England, c.450-700' in Pluskowski, A., Just skin and bones? New perspective in Human-Animal relations in the historical past, British Archaeology Reports, 2005, Inter. Ser. 1410, pp.43-71. 13.7 grams, 29mm (1"). Property of a Essex, UK, gentleman, found in Cambridgeshire in the 1990s. The mount may have been used as a cruciform bridle mount for a horse harness, as strap-fitting junction, or as a corner applique for an Evangeliary. [No Reserve]