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Description: | Cast copper alloy medieval horse harness pendant hanger. The hanger is in two parts, those being an outer open work pendant with an inner separate, solid pendant. The outer pendant is a quatrefoil shaped frame, with bevelled edges. There are three raised moulded lines fanned in each corner between the lobes of the quatrefoil. The upper lobe extends into an elongated neck, set with a circular piercing to either side that holds the pin bar which holds the separate inner pendant. Above this neck is the transverse suspension loop set with a circular perforation. Unusually, extending forward from the loop is a globular knop on a short circular shaft. The reverse of the outer pendant is flat and plain. The inner pendant is a cross with globular terminals, which is suspended between the neck of the outer pendant and now corroded into position. There is a circular perforation to the centre of the cross which holds a rivet with a globular head. The reverse of the inner pendant is flat and plain, though the shaft of the rivet extends some way beyond it. The object is abraded and little of the original surface survives. Exposed surfaces are mid and light green. Tiny patches of gilding survive to the front. The object is also buckled and bent backwards at each outer edge. It dates to the 14th century.The outer pendant is 43.52mm long and 20.1mm wide in its damaged state. It is 2.01mm thick. The inner pendant is 28.42mm long, 20.48mm wide and 2.98mm thick. The entire object weighs 11.25g. A similar example can be seen in Read, 2001, Metal artefacts of antiquity, figure 37, number 468.
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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