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Description: | Cast copper alloy one-piece decorative saddle pommel. The pommel is cylindrical with a closed end with two raised concentric rings and an open end with two wings with rivet holes, now broken. There are four bands of three engraved linear decoration running along the length of the pommel. It is 64.4mm long, 26.4mm in diameter at the closed end and 36.4mm across the wings; 2.5mm thick and weighs 60.17 grams.
The pommel would have been riveted onto a wooden protrusion on the front of the frame of the saddle, to which the reins could then be secured. Saddles were wooden framed and leather clad at this time in order to support a man in full armour.
Read (1995) illustrates a similar example on p.128, No.809, which he dates to the 16th or 17th centuries. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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