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Description: | Copper-alloy horse-harness pendant, a flat quatrefoil just over 1 mm thick and now a little bent. In the centre is a sunken circle with a raised shield; within the shield are three raised chevrons. Between the chevrons and in the circle outside the shield are the remains of enamel, consisting of a red coloration. Although this is almost certainly a copper-alloy corrosion caused by the presence of the enamel, and not the actual colour of the enamel itself, the three-chevron design is probably the arms of Clare which were red. In technical heraldic terms these arms are gules three chevrons or (a red background with three gold chevrons). Although no gilding survives on the chevrons, it is possible that the copper alloy itself would have had a nice golden colour. There is a neat circular perforation through the bottom of the shield, which may have held a further dangling ornament. The suspension loop at the top of the pendant is unusual; instead of the usual loop there is a long bar with squared-off end bent round into a hook. Probable original dimensions c. 43 x c. 35 mm.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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