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Description: | An unusual probable copper-alloy harness pendant suspension mount with a fragment of the pendant loop remaining in situ. This suspension mount consists of a rectangular shaped bar with rounded terminals, measuring 52.8mm in total length. The bar measures 5.6mm in width and the smaller terminal 9mm in width, with a central in-situ copper-alloy rivet. The larger rounded terminal measures 16.4mm in width and also has an in situ copper-alloy rivet through its centre. Projecting from the lower edge of this larger terminal there are two integral loops with a corroded iron horizontal bar through them, this creates a hinge onto which a fragment of the harness pendant survives. This fragment consists of the loop, which is at 90 dgerees to the bar it hangs from and typical of medieval pendant loops. The rest of the pendant is missing due to old breaks now worn. The front face of the pendant suspension mount and its terminals are decorated with transverse grooves, at either end of the bar, and with four grooves radiating from the central rivets outwards on each of the terminals. No exact parallel could be found for this harness pendant suspension mount but its form suggests thst it is medieval, probably c1250-1450 in date.
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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