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Description: | A Medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant (13th- early 14th century). This pendant is a flag-shaped banner. The suspension ?loop? extends down the side and was attached to an upright stem rising from a horizontal base (usually slotted), to form a small ?banner?, which would have been free to rotate around the stem (Griffiths 1986:2). The corroded remains of the iron stem remain within the suspension ?loop?. The pendant is decorated on both sides with the same design. The design comprises a bird, an eagle, with its head turned right and outstretched wings. The wings are depicted by three parallel vertical lines on each side of the body. The eagle is picked out in red enamel except for the beak and the feet that are blue enamel. There are remains of gilding around the bird on both surfaces. A similar eagle is on a shield shaped stud no.143 (Ashley 2002:15). The correct description of the eagle on the stud is Or an eagle displayed Azure armed Gules (Ashley 2002:57). Patchy dark green patina. Dimensions: Length 37.93mm; Width 30.02mm; Thickness 8.98mm; Weight 34.03g
Reference: Griffiths, N Horse Harness Pendants Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 5
Ashley, S Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk East Anglian Archaeology [pages: 52 vol: 143 | 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
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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