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Description: | Medieval horse-harness pendant of flimsy convex type. Made from copper alloy and drop-shaped, it has a broken suspension loop at the apex, turned through 90 degrees. Slightly convex, it is decorated with a linear (originally engraved?) design of a trefoil leaf with double-line midribs in each foil, with curling tendrils (or two further lobes) beneath, all on a dotted ground within a border. The decoration is very neatly executed. The pendant is now very corroded, and has lost nearly all its surface; the only bits that survive are the dots and lines, which preserve gilding. The flimsy convex type is thought to be early in the series of medieval horse-harness pendants (perhaps 12th century), and the decoration may be proto-heraldic.
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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