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Description: | Incomplete medieval copper alloy harness pendant suspension mount of the cruciform type with traces of gilding, missing the terminals of two arms and with a corroded hinge apparantly still in situ on the fourth.
The mount is flat to the reverse and triangular in section, with a flattened top (due to the flattened mid-rib). The surviving dimensions of the mount are 27.7x21.4x3.3mm and it weighs 3.30g.
One of the breaks looks fairly recent. They both occur just before the circular terminal with projection for fixing the rivet. The surviving terminal measures 5.7mm in diameter (internal 3.2mm).
The arms holding the hinge are 8mm in width.
The original dimensions of the mount would have been c.34x27mm.
Cf. Clark 1995, The Medieval Horse and its Equipment , p.69 no.75.
Weighs 3.29g. 14th century in date.
It is thought that harness suspension mounts of the cruciform type, with the extra arm projecting upwards, were for mounting where two harness straps met at a right angle. | Subjects: | pendant suspension mount | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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