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Description: | Medieval gilt horse harness suspension mount, part of an elaborate set, very worn and corroded, square with semi-circular lug at apex pierced by rivet hole and another at base with remains of twin projections that originally formed the suspension-loops for the missing central pendant. Remains of flanking arms on sides comprise a scar on one side and an incomplete arm on the other. The face has faint traces of cast decoration of a Lion passant to sinister within an annulet from which a foil springs into each corner on a pelleted field. >31 x >37mm. Cf. a suspension mount with surviving flanking arms each of which ends in a double loop terminal with the remains of an iron pin for the suspension of an additional pendant (Ashley (2002), fig.8, no.19). 12th-early 13th century. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bales, Ellen - Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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