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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy and gilded harness pendant suspension mount of Medieval date (c. AD 1150 - c. AD 1450). Length 34.0mm, width 13.8mm and 4.2mm thick. Weight 6.63g.The mount is sub-oval in plan and is wider at the top than at the bottom. The front is deeply convex and the rear is deeply concave. At the top right it is slightly misshapen. The maximum width close to the top is 13.8mm and at the bottom the width is 7.2mm. At this point two parallel perforated lugs extend downwards and these, together with an extant iron bar, form a hinge around which a harness pendant could swivel. A small portion of the harness pendant suspension loop survives between the lugs. This is fused with the lugs and iron bar due to corrosion. At the rear of the mount is a relatively large integral rivet which is about 7.0mm in length and sub-circular in cross-section. It has a maximum diameter of 4.1mm and tapers slightly towards the end which is burred over.The mount is generally corroded and in poor condition. The front it is pitted and has traces of gilding. At the rear it is more severely corroded and has bright green copper alloy corrosion products on the lower part, between the rivet and the lugs.
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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