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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy harness pendant of Medieval date. It is quatrefoil in shape with a flat back and slightly curved profile. At the top is an integral circular suspension loop set at right angles to the main plate of the pendant and with the remains of a now encrusted circular perforation. The front face of the pendant is decorated with a winged Griffin facing left and surrounded by a field of blue enamel. The border of the pendant that contains the enamel, as well as the griffin itself, have traces of an added white metal coating. The back face is undecorated and thickens slightly towards the suspension loop. It measures 39.38mm in length including suspension loop, 30.32mm in width, 3.22mm in thickness, and weighs 12.34g.
This is a non-heraldic harness pendant of Medieval date. Two near identical examples are noted in Ashley (2002: nos. 201-202) from Norfolk, and the current example was found in the same field as a second identical one (SF-7DCCA1). Quatrefoil pendants such as this are of 14th or 15th century date, and probably post-1340 AD (see Ashley, 2002: pp. 23). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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