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Description: | An elaborate (copper-alloy) hexagonal shaped harness pendant with blue and red enamelling. The pendant consists of a hexagonal shaped plate of copper-alloy, with the suspension loop still attached. At the terminal of each angle there is a fleur de lis decoration (the suspension loop has also been made into a fleur de lis design, with the addition of two lobes either side of the loop). The hexagon is marked out with a raised line around the edge of the pendant. Inside this there is a section, which has been infilled with red enamel (the enamel has a glassy appearance - because it has started to deteriorate). Further into the centre there is another raised line, which separates the red enamel from the blue enamel (which has also started to deteriorate). This raised line is flower shaped, mirroring the flower motif, which is centred on the pendant. The flower has six pellets; each pellet is lined up with the fleur de lis motifs. The central flower is free from decoration. The reverse of the pendant is undecorated. The suspension loop is set at a right angle to the pendant, but the loop is now slightly bent. The pendant is complete, but it is heavily worn. The metal has a mid-brownish green patina.
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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