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Description: | A cast copper alloy harness pendant, composed of an outer frame with a swinger. The swinger is in the form of a fleur-de-lis, and has a long suspension loop that fits tightly into the frame. The frame follows the shape of the swinger closely, and originally had eight knops around the edge, of which two are mostly lost. The knops originally terminated in small ??leaves?? like the base of the fleur-de-lis swinger; most are now lost; the bottom knop has a slightly larger terminal in the same form. In the place of the top knop is an elongated housing for the suspension loop of the swinger; this housing in turn terminates in a small intact suspension loop. The reverse of both frame and swinger is flat. This artefact probably dates to the 14th or 15th centuries. The artefact is approximately 30mm wide at its widest point. (Recorded from photographs) | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | ANDREWS, Dominic - Illustrator | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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