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Description: | A copper alloy horse harness pendant from the medieval period. The pendant is circular and is formed from two pieces which are hinged at the top. It is 44.9mm long and 27mm wide. The frame of the pendant is circular and is a ring with two lugs projecting upwards to form the hinge. The two lugs are joined across the top by the suspension loop. This has a circular hole through it from side to side.
The second piece of the pendant hangs in the circular frame from a single lug in the hinge. It is shaped like a scallop shell and is concave. There is a copper alloy rivet through the base of the shell. This is the thickest part of the pendant at 11.6mm thick. The reverse of the hell is hollow. The front and inside of the frame is decorated with gilding. The metal is dark brown in colour. Similar heraldic horse harness pendants can be seen in Cherry (1991) in Saunders (ed) Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 1.
Harness pendants are generally dated from the twelfth to the fourteenth century, with circular and openwork examples predominating the twelfth century, more varied types in the thirteenth and fourteenth century including the enamelled and heraldic types more commonly (Griffiths, 1995, ??The Medieval Horse and its Equipment??). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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