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Description: | Copper alloy harness pendant of Medieval date. The pendant is sub-rectangular and is generally rectangular in section (L. 17.4mm. W. 16.32mm. Th. 1.74mm). At the top there is a suspension loop, now quite worn but intact. The suspension loop is thicker towards the base where it joins the pendant and is set at ninety degrees to the pendant. There is a small circular aperture at the top of the suspension loop. The edges of the pendant are damaged and the corners are now rounded, probably through wear, with one corner being very badly worn. The upper surface has moulded decoration in the form of two creatures, apparently sea horses, facing each other with a third motif, perhaps a plant, between them. There are small raised pellets in the field around the three main motifs and an ?X?-shaped motif in the lower left corner. Considerable gilding survives on the upper surface, although it is now generally missing from the main motifs. The reverse is undecorated. Patchy reddish-brown patina. | 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: | 1201
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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