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Object type: Fragment
Measurements: H. 18 cm (7.1 in) W. 14 cm (5.5 in) D. 7 cm (2.8 in)
Stone type: See Melsonby 1 (St James the Great)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 651
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 177
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A (broad) : No mouldings survive on the edges. Two profile animals occupy the space, a fragmentary one above a whole one. Only the legs and torso remain of the upper animal, which is naturalistic and crouching. The lower animal may have antlers lying back from the head and is a quadruped.
Collingwood considered the scene possibly to be a 'hart and hound' motif (1907, 371), though Bailey was less convinced (1977, 70). Certainly the free style of the animals is that usually adopted for such scenes (see Chap. V, p. 34).
