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Description: | Complete, copper alloy, medieval horse harness pendant. This pendant is circular in plan, with a circular, transverse suspension loop. It has a diameter of 27.38mm, is 1.84mm thick and weighs 7.72g.The front of the pendant is decorated with a recessed cross. Within each of the arms of the cross is a raised star, with a single raised star at the centre. It may be that enamel surrounded these stars, filling the cross, but no traces now remain. The field of the pendant around the cross is plain. A tiny trace of gilding suggests that it may have been entirely covered with gilt in contrast to the colour of the cross. The reverse of the pendant is plain. The surface of the object is heavily abraded and the patina is mid green with some patches of brown. It dates to the 13th or 14th century. Examples of harness pendants can be found in Saunders, 1991, Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum Medieval catalogue part 1. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1200
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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