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Description: | Possibly a cast copper alloy harness pendant. The pendant is badly corroded and has lost much of its original surface.
The pendant is cruciform shaped. The main body of the pendant is formed from four rounded knops, which are meant to represent petals. The two side petals are slightly pointed. The lower petal is more knop like in appearance. The suspension loop is joined to the top petal by a circular section of copper alloy. The suspension loop has been badly damaged and survives only as two small stumps. The four petals (on the obverse surface of the object) have been decorated with incised lines, which radiate outwards from the central point, again representing the features of a flower. A large pellet is situated in the centre of the flower.
The reverse is undercoated, but extremely corroded. The metal is a patchy mid reddish-brown colour. This artefact probably dates from the medieval period, circa 1250 -1500. | 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: | 1250
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Liz Walker | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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