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Description: | Copper alloy horse harness pendant. The pendant is circular and measures 28.29mm in diameter. It is decorated on the front and depicts a central shield of 'Ancient England' or the Arms of England (three lions guardant). This shield dates the pendant to pre-1340 (when the fleur-de-lis of France were quartered with the lions of England) and it probably dates to the 13th century based on the shape of the shield and the two serpant-like creatures which surround the shield on the left and right. These are probably 'Wyverns' which are monsters that resemble a dragon in evey respect except that they have no hind quarters and the rear ewnds in a barbed tail. They are Romanesque in form. The pendant has the remains of gilding around the edge of the sheild and the shield has a red enamel background. The lions would also have been gilded although the evidence does not survive. The reverse is plain and undecorated with a small copper alloy rivet (behind which is a fragment of what was probably the hanging device). The pendant weighs 6.72g. | 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
1300 | 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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