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Description: | Medieval enamelled and gilded cast copper alloy harness pendant, 13th-14th century. Shield-shaped with suspension loop set at 90° to the rest of the object. Sub-circular loop on a rectangular sectioned shank, with a transverse multi-coloured enamelled device of, in the centre, a backward facing bird (of prey?) with most of the enamel missing but red legs and white tail feathers; a white sexfoil with central white annulet, and some curved dark green lines (foliage?) to its right; and dark green foliage to left and below. There are traces of gilding on the obverse, particularly on the top and right sides, and also some on the obverse of the loop. The reverse is undecorated and with no traces of gilding. Length 46.04mm, width 24.91mm, thickness of loop 6.62mm, thickness across centre c.2mm, internal diameter of loop c.3-3.5mm, weight 7.63g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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