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Description: | A worn and incomplete copper-alloy artefact of thin sheet construction: probably a medieval pendant suspension mount. The form is crudely distinguished, meaning that there is a sub-circular element flanked on either side by a trapezoidal element, presumably intended to be a rectangle. Perpendicular to the side elements are two rectangular protrusions with a gap of up to 3.8mm between them. It is supposed that these protrusions are both broken and would have continued round on themselves in order to retain the axis bar around which the harness pendant would have hinged. The two side elements both feature circular perforations so that this mount could have been riveted to the horse's straps. The mount is decorated unifacially with a crudely incised border to the circular and trapezoidal parts. Within the 'circle' is a six-pointed star, around which stamped dot decoration. Traces of gilding survive in the stamps and incisions. The thinness of the metal, along with the stamped and gilded decoration bears comparison with 'early' horse furniture documented by Ashley (2002, 5-7), that is, of c. 12th-century date. In its form this suspension mount bears some similarities to one illustrated in Ashley (2002, 7; ref. 15). This mount has been slightly bent as a result of old damage. | Subjects: | pendant suspension mount | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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