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Description: | A cast copper alloy harness mount, with traces of gilding still surviving. The harness pendant consists of six parts. Starting at the top, there is a bent strip of copper alloy (which has a circular section). On the end of the strip there is a flat, rectangular plate of copper alloy, which is undecorated. Coming back the other way there is a ?collar? around the strip of the copper alloy, as the strip extends towards the bottom of the artefact. Through the centre of this collar there is a rivet. The rivet is also made of copper alloy. On the visible surface the rivet has a rounded knop, on the reverse the rivet is simply a spike. Below the collar the strip of copper alloy now has a D-shaped section. Traces of gilding survive on this section. The strip then extends outward to form a rectangular plate (c. 16.3mm x 14.3mm). This plate has been decorated with an engraved design, depicting a castle or some sort of tower. The reverse is undecorated. Below the castle, the strip of copper alloy is now rectangular is section, with rounded corners. Traces of gilding also survive on this section. A larger rivet goes through the centre of this strip. Again the visible face of the rivet has a large circular knop, but on the reverse the rivet is simply a spike. The strip then turns into a hinge. Forming a Y-shaped attachment in the copper alloy to allow another pendant to be hung from this piece. The second pendant survives in situ and the remains of an iron pin can still be seen holding the hinge together. The second pendant, also has an engraved design on the visible surface, the reverse is blank. This pendant is also rectangular in shape, with two towers extending up from the top of the castle. This plate is approximately 17.4 x 14.4mm. The artefact is a mid brownish-green colour. It is in a good condition and appears to be complete. It probably dates to c. 11th ? 13th century. | 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: | 1066
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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