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Description: | A copper-alloy horse harness pendant of 12th to 14th century date. This piece represents part of a multiple pendant set, as illustrated by N. Griffiths (1986; pp. 4, no. 25), whereby arms were used to attach up to six pendants to a rotating spherical mount. The arm section has a recessed bottom end, which would have originally slotted into the rotating mount. It is of circular section and has been deliberately bent into an elongated S-shape. At the top is a hinge, comprising two parallel perforated plates with a central void and a joining axis bar. The pendant element takes the form of a bell which is attached, via a loop, to the arm. The upper section of the bell is long and thin, whilst the bottom part is globular and has an underside formed by folding inwards four flaps. Traces of gilding adorn the surface of the bell.The object measures 35.4mm high, 26.5mm wide (with the pendant set at a right-angle to the arm) and 11.2mm thick. The weight is 6.37g.
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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