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Description: | A copper-alloy medieval harness pendant complete except for the upper fragment of the suspension loop. This pendant depicts an eagle displayed, similar to an example from Roudham, Norfolk used to demonstrate the presence of Amorial badges on pendants (Ashley 2002, 26, fig 25, no 2).
The pendant is roughly hexagonal in outline and measures 32.6mm in length and 20.3mm in width. The suspension loop is set at right angles to the plane of the pendant. The back face is flat and the front face moulded.
The Eagle is depicted with its head facing left and its wings and legs out stretched. There are open work holes delimiting the neck and spaces between the wings and the legs and the legs and the central tail. The wings have vertical ribs running down them and the tail terminated in a fan-like end. There are also small short vertical mouldings on the body, presumably depicting feathers.
The whole pendant has a black patina, as is often seen on cast copper-alloy vessels, perhaps implying that it has been burnt and exposed to an open fire. | 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
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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