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Description: | Copper alloy horse harness pendant with pseudo-heraldic decoration. Quatrefoil with points between the foils. In the centre is a square of red enamel with raised decoration of an heraldic lion. Around this at each side of the square is a raised fleur de lys. It is likely that there was also enamel in the resulting recesses around the fleur de lys. There is a raised framing band around the edge of the pendant. At the top of the pendant is an offset suspension loop with the remains of the axis/attachment bar in the circular hole. The back is slightly concave and undecorated. Brian Read reports a mount of similar design but with a red enamel field around the fleurs and a gilt field around the lion (see Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, object No. 440)
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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