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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy stirrup (length: 130mm; width at suspension bar cover-plate: 48.9mm; estimated width near foot rest: 105mm; thickness: 36.7mm; weight: 65.72g). The hollow case cover-plate at the top of the artefact (length: 17mm) is slightly fragmented at the top with a crack running down one side, as well as evidence of wear, particularly at the bottom of the case. There is irregular incised figure-of-eight or looped decoration on the front of the case with small incised dashes radiating from the main design. Additionally, on the front and to either side of the case, there are three ribs running along the bottom, which is more worn along the front, presumably from use. There are also small areas of gilding still visible, especially on the left side. Extending out from the left side of the cover-plate (broken just below on the right), the main body of the stirrup with in-curving sides (and a ridge down the centre) splays outwards in a smooth curve, before moving inwards again to expand into a decorated foot rest. Only a small part of the foot rest remains. The decoration on the rest consists of a series of small arches and three ribs, only visible on the front view of the stirrup. This incomplete stirrup is clearly intended to be seen from one side and is in a slight worn but fair condition with a dark green patina. Similar examples are illustrated in John Clark??s (ed) ??The Medieval Horse and its Equipment: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London c. 1150-c. 1450??, 1995, pages 73-4, ref nos MoL 02587, 84 & 85. This examples, particularly the Museum of London examples (as well as others in the British Museum) are described as a unusual type in copper alloy and date to the second half of the fourteenth century. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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