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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy harness pendant of medieval date. The pendant is in the form of a fleur-de-lys. Uppermost is the suspension loop which is sub-oval with a circular perforation (L.: 8.0mm, W.: 7.3mm, Th.: 2.65mm); it is perpendicular to the main body of the pendant. The main body narrows from the suspension end to the other terminal. The fleur-de-lys is well moulded, with a flat lower surface. This latter has an incised longitudinal line running down its lower half, with a transverse incision bisecting it above the lower inverted fleur. On the upper surface the main side petals have defined terminals. There is a transverse bar dividing the main petals from a lower trefoil terminal - the inverted lower fleur mentioned. The bar features a transverse groove which appears to contain traces of gilt. Indeed, the colour of the artefact - dark red-brown - suggests that it would have been gilded. It is now mostly covered with light green corrosion product.The presence of the bar and the careful moulding suggests that this was a pendant in and of itself rather than a 'swinger' within a two-part pendant (see IHS-E49217 for an example of this latter on this database). Other 'standalone' fleur-de-lys pendants are known, although they are often inverted and less substantial (Griffiths 1986, 3; ref. 14).
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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