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Title: HARNESS PENDANT [Go to resource]
Description: A copper-alloy two-part horse harness pendant, medieval circa 14th century in date. The frame of the pendant is shaped like a circular six-petalled flower with an incomplete suspension loop turned through 90 degrees at the terminal of a rectangular bar which projects from the top edge of the frame. The frame is 37.5mm in length and 22.1mm in width. The inner pendant is a circular six petalled flower, each petal fitting inside a larger petal of the frame, it is 15.93mm in diameter and attached to the frame by a suspension loop, again turned through 90 degrees, and a bar, which passes between both parts of the pendant. In the centre of the inner pendant there is a rivet. Traces of gilding also survive on the front face of the pendant. The back face is flat and undecorated. 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 More Like this...
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