Anglo-Norman Bronze Scabbard Terminal with Advancing Beast

11th-12th century A.D. A Romanesque chape for a dagger sheath comprising a C-section openwork bifacial advancing beast in crouching pose bearing a lobed figure on its back; extending to the rear on each side, a slender balustered arm with leaf-shaped finial; mounted on a custom-made display stand. See Bishop, B., Martial Identity in the Early Medieval Period: Classification and Analysis of Dual-Faced Scabbard Mounts from the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries AD, University of Reading MA Thesis.31.8 grams total, 59 mm wide including stand (2 3/8 in.). Found Essex, 1997. Property of a Sussex gentleman.