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Description: | A lead alloy heart shaped object which may be a pendant. There is a short stem at the top of the heart which may be the remains of a suspension loop. The heart is flat and looks very like a pilgrim or livery badge, except that it is decorated on both sides. There is a ropework border round the edge on both sides. On one side the central decoration consists of an inner raised border line, within which are five lines radiating from the base of the heart, joined by a straight line across the bottom and a scalloped line round the top. There is a circular mark above. This design could be interpreted as a scallop shell or crown at the bottom with unidentified motifs above. The other side is also decorated, and the design looks like a crown filling the whole field. It could also be interpreted as a larger scallop shell, a sheaf of corn or a bunch of arrows. The edges of the artefact are damaged and flaking. It is 21.5mm long, 19.7mm wide and 3.8mm thick. The metal is mostly grey but with areas of white and orange corrosion. The object is probably medieval, and is likely to date from the fourteenth or fifteenth centuries. A similar object though with different decoration has been recorded on the database as DENO-4C66D7. This object also has similarities with the pendants on a necklace recorded in Spencer (1990) illustrated on page 132. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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