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Description: | Copper alloy pendant fitting from an elaborate chatelaine, which also comprised two similar pendant fittings (KENT-966793 and KENT-969156). The fitting has a biconical neck, imitating a spacer bead (cf. KENT-700B93), decorated with a central midrib with oblique slashing separated from an upper and lower band of ring-and-dot ornament by two raised bands. Attached to this is a bell-shaped plate with slashed edge and marginal ring and dot ornament. Within this is an arcade of ring and dot ornament attached by a single punchmark to the outer ornament. The decoration is repeated on both faces. To the lower edge are fixed three barrel shaped lugs to which two pendant rods (one missing, one loose) pierced at either end and decorated with three central grooves, were held by a thin iron rod. The height of the plate is 31mm, that of the rods is 27mm. X-ray fluorescence analysis of the fitting revealed that its composition is leaded bronze. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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