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Description: | Copper alloy medieval horse harness pendant, dating from 13th-15th century. The pendant would have hung from a fitting (or hanger) attached directly to the leather harness straps. The pendant is flat and shield shaped (Ward-Perkins Type I) and has the remains of the attachment hanger at the top centre of the shield. This has broken leaving a flat rectangular protruding piece of copper alloy with no loop for hanging. The pendant is decorated on the front with a griffin sergeant coloured with the remains of red enamel. In the background there are remains of black or dark coloured enamelling. The back of the pendant is smooth and undecorated. The pendant measures 44.45mm in length and 27.85mm in width and weighs 10.53g. A similar parallel can be seen in Steven Ashley's 'Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk'Fig.12, No.86. | 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
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Marshall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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