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Description: | A cast copper alloy harness pendant. The suspension loop is intact and the artefact is in fairly good condition. The surface is fairly smooth, with a verdigris patina. The pendant consists of a small central roundel within which is a face in profile, facing left, cast in shallow relief. From this roundel eight leaves radiate, four at the cardinal points, and four between. These leaves are fanlike, each made up of seven small segments that themselves radiate from the end of the stalk. The pendant is openwork, with small circular spaces in between the leaves, although they meet at their widest points. The loop springs from the end of the top leaf, but in sculptural terms, is distinct from it. The face on the central roundel may be that of a monk or a bald man, as there is no obvious hair shown, except possibly for a tonsure. The face is stylised in the medieval manner. Some blue enamel remains on the roundel, behind the man??s head. Some gilding survives on the leaves. There is a small copper rivet in the perforation at the 7 o??clock position, the diminutive spike bent around on the reverse. I. Szymanski speculates that the man depicted by be St. Thomas Becket. This artefact dates to the 14th or 15th century. This artefact is virtually identical to YORYM-58FE23. | 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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