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Description: | A copper alloy decorative harness pendant with traces of gilding and enamelling. Lozenge shaped, with a tripartite lobe (fleur de lis or shell) extending from each of the four straight sides. Three of the points of the lozenge have traces of knops. The perforated loop is at right angles to the mount. The pendant still retains traces of gilding on the lobes, the shank and edges. The main part of the pendant appears to have a crowned figure with long robes with arms upraised and possibly seated. The figure has a blue and red enamel background. While armorial badges are fairly common human figures are less usual. An octagonal pendant found in Norfolk (Ashley 2002,24) depicts a head of Christ. The Marston Mortaine emblem is diffcult to make out but could be interpreted as a king or Christ. | 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: | Paul Manning | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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