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Description: | Copper alloy horse harness pendant dating to the Medieval period. The pendant is in two pieces which have been found on separate occaisions but in the same general location (hence the patina of each eagle is different) and therefore may belong to the same pendant. One eagle functioned as the pendant suspension mount and would have been riveted onto the strap or harness. It has a small loop at the bottom of the feet and two small circular rivet holes; there would have been a third rivet hole in the wing that has broken away. The larger eagle has a broken loop at the top of the head where it would have hung and swung freely from the mount above.
Both eagles have detailed cast decoration to depict feathers and are flat and undecorated on the back. The larger hanging eagle appears to have very faint remains of a tinned or silvered surface whilst the mount has traces of gilding. This use of these two tinctures would be unusual on one pendant and we therefore cannot be certain that both parts came from one object. The larger eagle weighs 5.55g and measures 30.54mm in length, 21.04mm in width and 4.4mm in thickness. The smaller eagle weighs 3.26g and measures 26.12mm in length, 16.11mm in width and 5.12mm in thickness.
Two similar examples can be seen in ??Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk?? by Steven Ashley Fig.25, Nos.2 & 3. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Marshall, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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