Early medieval silver gilt Mount
Cast openwork mercury-gilded silver mount, rectangular in shape, with a C-shaped section. Its function is unclear, but it probably covered an edge as a binding. It would have been mounted in position thanks to four small holes at its corners. The rectangular shape is framed by a triple border of two plain mouldings enclosing a beaded one. The design is cruciform, with four long-beaked, snake-like creatures, seen from above, with prominent bulging eyes, converging on a central pyramidal boss formed by the (saltire) intersection of four plain strands. This creates the impression of two superimposed crosses: one made by the snouts of the creatures, the other with its arms at 45 degrees to the beaks, offering a support for the thread-like plain bodies of the snakes to interlace with. The interlace is orderly but not symmetrical, as can be seen in one of the quarters where one of the arms of the strands is discontinuous, thus creating a larger loop in the interlace.

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.

Early Medieval mount
Cast copper-alloy Viking 9th/10th century mount with Jellinge or Borre Style decoration. The mount is of square shape with rounded corners and domed cross-section, the centre being raised about 5-10mm. The four rounded corners all have rivet holes with rivets still inside. These were probably used for attachment to a leather strap or belt. Most of the mount is not decorated with openwork style decor; there are only two or three perforations with uneven outline. The central boss shows an intertwined animal or scrollwork; the surface is too corroded to make out the exact pattern and style. However, originally the mount had been silvered and traces of silver are still covering small areas of the scrollwork, especially the sides and the grooves between the scrolls. A thicker layer is left on top of one of one of the scrolls. However, no silver remains on the reverse of the mount; it is quite likely that this part had not been covered with silver in the first place, though.