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Description: | A copper alloy circular harness pendant from the medieval period. The pendant has six projecting flat lobes round the edge. It is 41.23mm long and 29.57mm wide. The shield is 2.62mm thick. The circle is divided into six radial segments with a solid circle at the centre. Three of the segments are filled with red enamel. The other three probably also contained enamel but the colour is not certain. Each lobe consists of a circular cell for enamel with a solid circle in the centre. There is a circular projecting lug on the top of the shield in the centre with a circular hole through it from side to side. The lug is 6.54mm thick. The pendant weighs 11.72g. The metal is grey green in colour and is patinated. Similar heraldic horse harness pendants can be seen in Cherry (1991) in Saunders (ed) Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 1. Harness pendants are generally dated from the twelfth to the fourteenth century, with circular and openwork examples predominating the twelfth century, more varied types in the thirteenth and fourteenth century including the enamelled and heraldic types more commonly (Griffiths, 1995, 'The Medieval Horse and its Equipment').
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