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Description: | Medieval copper alloy, open work harness pendant. This pendant has an open, oval frame, with a complete circular,transverse hanging loop at the top. Including the loop it is 44.22mm long, 27.42mm wide and weighs 7.88g. At the bottom of the frame, opposite to the hanging loop, is a damaged knop. Within this frame is an integrally cast cross with circular terminals, that has a four armed star- shaped hole at its centre. The frame is decorated with a border of two incised lines, between which are diagonally incised lines that run for the full circumference of the frame. The borderlines appear to have included the damaged knop. The cross is similarly decorated with an incised line that follows the arms of the cross. The circular terminals also have two concentric incised lines within them. Traces of gilding survive to the front of the pendant, but not to the reverse, which is also devoid of decoration. Otherwise the patina of the object is brown and light green. It survives in relatively good condition. The cross motif was used on other Medieval harness pendants, and this object is following that tradition. This pendant probably dates to the 14th or 15th centuries. A two piece cross pendant illustrating this tradition can be found in Read, 2001, Metal artefacts of Antiquity, figure 37, number 468.
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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