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Description: | A worn cast copper-alloy medieval bar mount still attached to a suspension loop from which a pendant would have hung. The bar mount is small and sub-hemispherical in form (L.: 14.3mm, max. W.: 7.7mm, Th.: 3.8mm). The central lobe is crossed by four transverse incisions which create three ridges. The two smaller perforated side lobes both have their rivets extant. The lower of the rivets attaches the bar mount to a suspension loop formed of a bent copper-alloy piece (L.: 9.55mm, max. W.: 4.1mm); the rove survives. Remains of the leather strap survive between the rivetted ends of the suspension loop. The pendant has been broken with the remnant surviving in the suspension loop. Examples of pendant loops can be found illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 221; fig. 138). Egan and Pritchard (1991, 219) note that 'a purse or knife could have been suspended between the pair of loops'. Similar bar mounts can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 23; fig. 12) and Egan and Pritchard (1991, 214; fig. 134) are dated to the second half of the fourteenth 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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