11th century AD. A bronze stirrup mount of Williams's Class B Type 4 comprising a facing bear's head mask with piriform eyes and openwork ears, ribbed forelock, lateral loops above vertical bars connected to the lower rectangular panel with angled ledge below. Cf. Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 437. 29.7 grams, 44mm (1 3/4"). From an old North Country collection; formed between 1970-2000.