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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy enamelled medieval heraldic harness pendant, missing its loop. It is very worn and much of the original surface is missing.A cross 6mm wide divides the harness pendant into four segments. Each of these has a very pitted surface which would have been enamelled. The cross is copper alloy and pitted, with no original surface present.Cut at the centre of the cross is an X with rounded ends. This also would have been enamelled.The edges of the pendant are extremely worn and the reverse badly pitted.Incomplete length 30.5mm, max width 16.5mm. Weighs 7.61g.14th century.Nick Griffiths, heraldic expert, has not seen this design before, but was unable to trace it.
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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