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Description: | Medieval harness pendant; cast copper alloy harness pendant with gilding and punched decoration, probably dating to the 13th or early 14th centuries. The pendant is very large and of a roughly oval shape. It has a stalk extending from the top, in the perpendicular plane to the pendant, with a circular hole through it to form the suspension loop. The pendant is decorated on the front face with double annulets, or ??figure 8?? shapes, punched onto the surface. These are arranged within a double line border around the edge of the pendant as well as in a design in the centre. The central design again consists of lines of double annulets within double incised lines. The design is a saltire cross within a rectangular border. The whole design is rather crudely executed and somewhat haphazard. The front face of the pendant has extensive gilding remaining over its surface, while the back face appears undecorated. The exposed metal has a smooth, bright green patina over its surface.
Length (inc suspension loop) 49.4mm, width 39.6mm, thickness 1.4mm, weight 11.91g
Ref: Compare the pendant in Benet, page 379, object M08-0136, which has similar punched annulet decoration of a rectangle with a saltire cross running through it. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rohde, Anja | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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