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Description: | Copper-alloy horse-harness pendant and suspension mount. The pendant is lozenge-shaped, with an incomplete integral loop protruding from the upper corner. The hole is perpendicular to the pendant. The pendant is decorated with a lion rampant in red enamel with the field showing traces of gilding. This can be described in heraldic language as 'or a lion rampant gules'. The reverse of the pendant is slightly concave, and has traces of a dark green patina. There is a second component to the pendant, and that is the suspension mount. The lower part of this has two arms, each with a hole through which traces of iron wire are visible. The upper part of the suspension mount is bulbous in shape, and on the reverse of this there is a protruding rivet with a slightly flattened end.
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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