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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy horse harness pendant of Medieval date, probably fourteenth or fifteenth century. Length 20.5mm, width 20mm and 3.5mm thick. Weight 2.74g. The upper part of the suspension loop is broken and missing so that only part of the shaft has survived. This is 5mm in length, 2.7mm in width and 3.5mm thick. The pendant is in the shape of a lion formed by relief moulding and five circular counter-sunk holes which are between 1.5mm and 2.7mm in diameter. As viewed from the front the head of the lion is at the left hand side. The lion may be described in heraldic terms as a lion Passant Guardant: it is looking out towards the viewer, walking with three paws on the ground, the dexter paw being elevated and the tail displayed over the back. The rear face of the pendant is flat and plain. Viewed from the side, the pendant tapers from the top of the broken part of the shaft towards the bottom part which appears to have old breaks that are very eroded. There are traces of gilding on all surfaces. It is possible that the device originally consisted of two lions, one above the other. The metal is a reddish/purple colour with patches of a superficial layer of green copper carbonate. | 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: | 1300
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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