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Description: | Medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant with engraved decoration and a tiny fleck of gilding surviving.
In shape the harness pendant is circular with a flattish side opposite to where the loop (turned through 90??)extends.
The surface of the pendant is slightly convex, the reverse slightly concave. One edge is a little bent and torn.
The pendant depicts four faces facing outwards, with a large halo surrounding each. Where the tops of the halos touch a rectangular shape is created in the centre of the pendant, which has a quatrefoil at its centre and a diamond in each corner.
The faces comprise a long nose, an S and inverted-S of hair either side of a parting, ending in a small curl to represent the eye. The mouth is a tiny horizontal beneath the nose.
The pendant measures 41.3x45.6mm (exclusive of loop x36.4mm) and weighs 9.36g. Two patches of patina survive on the reverse.
Nick Griffiths comments: I've never seen this design before. The faces are presumably saints - ?the four evangelists. Probably c.1200 in date. | 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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