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Description: | A gilded copper alloy harness mount dating to the medieval period, probably thirteenth or fourteenth century. This is a pendant suspension mount from a horse-harness pendant. The mount is very well made and consists of a rectangular plate (11 x 13 mm), which is decorated with four vertical ridges. The ridges are semi-circular in cross-section, and decorated with transverse nicks. In between are three broad V-shaped vertical grooves that retain gilding in good condition. The reverse of the rectangular plate has an integral rivet with burred-over end, which brings the maximum thickness to 9 mm. At the bottom of the plate, one of the short edges narrows into a waist from which a projection extends downwards; this projection is folded in half and a slot cut to accommodate the loop of the missing pendant. The fold has a gap which retains the remains of an iron hinge bar. The two hinge loops thus bring the overall length to 24 mm. The mount weighs 4.2g. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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