|
Date: |
|
Description: | A cast copper alloy harness pendant suspension mount, the mount is complete but bent. This pendant suspension mount consists of a horizontal bar, now bent, measuring approximately 60mm (bent measurement) in length and 17.14 m in width. The horizontal bar is decorated with a design, which has been cast with the object. In the centre there is a rectangular area, which is raised above the level of the bar, this rectangular design then extends into two projecting plates of copper alloy, which are in fact the remains of the hinge, which would have joined the suspension mount to the harness pendant. Either side of this design on the main bar is a horizontal line, also in high relief. Next to this on either side is another raised square and then attached to that via a tapering point there is a raised oval. The bar terminates on both ends with a cusp. Three rivet holes have been drilled through the bar, one in the centre through the rectangular plate and one through each of the oval designs near to the terminals. The reverse is flat and undecorated (though now bent). The object is almost complete apart from the missing rivets and the addition of the harness pendant. Furthermore, the hinge is damaged and the damaged ends are very worn. The surface is quite worn and pitted. The metal is a mid greenish-brown colour. These suspension mounts date to the medieval period and are circa 14th century in date. Parallel can be seen in Clark 1995, 69, fig: 52.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
|