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Description: | A cast copper-alloy harness fitting trefoil in shape measuring 30mm by 27mm in size, most likely to be medieval in date. The back face is flat and the front face is decorated with three crosslets, one in each lobe of the trefoil in relief. There are traces of enamel in the field behind the crosslets the original colour of the enamel is unclear it is now blackish in colour. This design may be a heraldic device but no parallel could be found for it. The middle of the outer edge of the central trefoil is damaged and a fragment missing due to an old break. It is just possible that there was a suspension loop at this point originally other wise there are no signs of an attachment device of any sort, implying that this oject was fitted into something or soldered onto something else, no traces of solder can be seen however.
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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