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Description: | A two piece sexfoil harness pendant, cast from copper alloy and gilded. The frame is sexfoil in shape and each angle contains a lobed protrusion. There is a rim on the inner edge which defines the sexfoil further. The suspension loop is at the top of the frame and is turned through 90 degrees to the rest of the object. The perforation is off centre, towards the reverse. The inner pendant hangs from a hinge below the suspension loop. It is also a sexfoil, closely fitting within the frame, and each lobe is divided by an incised line. In the centre of the inner pendant is a circular hole, 4mm in diameter. There are traces of gilding on both sides. Other similar examples on the Portable Antiquities database include NLM-B7BEB8, from Epworth, Humberside, HAMP-AAC072, from Owlesbury in Hampshire, NMS-12FC84, from Howe in Norfolk, HAMP444 from Compton and Shawford, Hampshire and LVPL-40DD83, from Clutton in Cheshire. However, none of these has a central perforation. A similar example with the central hole can be found in Read's 'History Beneath our Feet' (page 92, no. 558). In this example, the hole contains a separate decorative copper alloy rivet. Read dates the pendant to the 13th or 14th century.
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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