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Description: | Shield-shaped harness pendant. Rampant lion on front, quite worn but with considerable gilding surviving on the surface. Gilding also survives elsewhere on the front of the pendant. The area around the lion is recessed and would probably have originally been inlaid with enamel. Plain raised border. Reverse undecorated. Slightly curved profile. Suspension loop, which is turned through 90??, is intact at the top. Suspension mount also intact with iron rivet to suspend the pendant passing through the double loop of the suspension mount and the suspension loop of the harness pendant. Above the double loop is a generally circular terminal with a convex upper surface and flat reverse. On the reverse there is a thick circular section integral rivet with a flattened end, now bent over. There are traces of gilding on the upper surface of the suspension mount. L. 47.8mm. W. 24mm. Th. Pendant. 1.8mm. Suspension Mount. 6.2mm. Wt. 12.1g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Puls, Jodi - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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