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Description: | Cast gilt copper alloy suspension mount and pendant used to decorate horse harness. The cruciform mount has a third arm which projects upwards from the usual bar mount with suspension loop. Such suspension mounts were presumably fitted where two straps met at right angles.
Each of the three arms has a central raised ridge along the length of its upper face and are separated from the shaped terminal by a double cusp. The fourth projection has the remains of the central rib but no cusp above the loop which still retains its pin and round pendant. The pendant has six engraved oblique lines that are arranged in a fan shape. Gilding remains on the upper face of each arm.
Griffiths illustrates similar examples in Clark (2004) on page 69, Fig.52, Nos.73 & 75, which are dated from c.AD 1350-1400.
Read (2001) illustrates a similar example with larger pendant on page 56, Fig.35, No.448, which is dated to the 14th century. | 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 | Creator: | Anna Tyacke | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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