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Description: | A shield shaped (copper-alloy) harness pendant, with inlaid enamel.
The pendant consists of a shield shaped plate of copper-alloy. The front surface of the plate has been divided into diamond-shaped cells by raised copper alloy lines. The lines from a criss-cross across the surface of the plate and have been infilled with a red (Gules) enamel. There is a border around the edge of the pendant.
The suspension loop remains intact and is joined to the suspension hanger. The hanger comprises a double lugged attached which extends into a sub-rectangular plate with a circular sectioned projecting attachment spike extending out from the reverse. The loop and the hanger together form a hinge and the iron pin joining the two together can still be seen.
The reverse is also heavily corroded and worn.
The metal is a patchy mid brownish-green colour. The corrosion has eaten away much of the original surface.
This type of harness pendant date to the medieval period and are circa 12th ?? 14th century in date.
Parallel can be seen in Ashley, 2001, 13, fig: 94-5. | Subjects: | set | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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