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Description: | Medieval harness pendant; cast copper alloy harness pendant of probable 13th century date. The pendant is sub-rectangular in shape with a long, flat, tapering stem extending from the top of the rectangular section. The stem is flattened in the perpendicular plane at the top and pierced to form a suspension loop. The plate has moulded decoration on the front face, in the form of double lines forming bands with rows of pellets within the bands. There are two long, diagonal bands forming a saltire cross and each 'arm' of the cross is crossed again by a further, shorter diagonal band about halfway along its length. These shorter bands therefore together form a lozenge which intersects with the cross in the centre of each of its sides. The whole is within a double line rectangular border. There are the remains of gilding across the whole front face of the pendant. The reverse face is undecorated.Length 51.1mm, width 32.2mm, thickness 1.3mm, weight 7.90gRef: Griffiths 'Harness pendants and associated fittings' in 'The Medieval Horse and its Equipment' (pp. 61-71)
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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