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Description: | A cast copper alloy medieval horizontal harness pendant suspension mount. It is formed from a flat, T-shaped decorative bar. Each terminal has a rounded, pierced lobe and a pointed projection. Inside the upper arm of the mount a copper alloy rivet survives in situ. The other rivets from the lower arms are missing. In the centre of the cross there is a raised square. Each arm is decorated with a raised line, parallel to the longer edges and then two bands which mark off the terminal of the arm. Below the central square are two prongs, which would have held the harness pendant in place, with a pin. No traces of gilding survive. The suspension mount is likely to date to the fourteenth century.Examples from medieval London show similar construction and terminals, see Clark 1995, fig.52
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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