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Description: | A large copper-alloy suspension mount for a horse-harness pendant. It consists of a horizontal bar, U-shaped in cross-section with a hollow reverse, decorated with a moulded design of two raised saltires, one close to each end. Beyond the saltires at each end is a rounded terminal with a circular rivet hole, and beyond this a long narrow round-ended knop. In the centre a projection has been folded under and a slot cut to form a two-pronged hinge in which the pendant.would have swung. A third circular rivet hole is just above the hinge. Traces of gilding can be seen all over the object, although the surface is quite worn and pitted; the metal is a mid reddish-brown colour.
This suspension mount dates to the 13th or 14th century. A parallel can be seen in Clark 1995, 69, fig: 52. | 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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