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Description: | A copper alloy horse harness pendant set from the medieval period. The pendant is formed from two pieces with a sexfoil central part and a separate frame. It is still attached to the mount which is small and sub circular with a long spike on the reverse and double hinge lugs. The set measures 34.7mm by 16.9mm and is 6.3mm thick. It weighs 6.59grams. The frame of the pendant is circular with a rectangular projection upwards, the two sides of which form the outer lugs of the hinge with the central swinging pendant. The second piece of the pendant hangs in the frame from a single lug in the hinge. It is in the shape of a six petalled flower with slightly convex petals. There are traces of gilding on the flower and the hinged part of the frame as well as on the mount. The metal is dark brown in colour and corrosion has sealed the three pieces together. 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??). Similar database examples are NLM-5CAC56 and SUSS-A8B9D5. | Subjects: | set | 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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