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Description: | Medieval copper alloy gilt harness pendant suspension mount with two arms. It is slightly damaged in that the two arms are at 45° to how they should be hanging. Much of the gilding is missing.The mount measures 35.4x56mm though presumably would originally have been c.23x58mm. It weighs 12.11g.The main arm is triangular in section and roughly half the length of the entire object. At one end is a flattish openwork fleur de lys terminal max.13.6mm wide, the topmost lobe of which still holds a rivet 1.6mm in diameter. At the base of the fleur de lys is a short horizontal rib, and below this a thinner horizontal rib running the width of the arm beneath (6.4mm).The arm widens slightly to 7.6mm where the two suspending arms extend. Just above this point is a larger rivet hole 2mm in diameter on a thickened horizontal band 3mm high.Below the main arm is a section 23mm wide, also triangular in section but narrower (3.7mm). At each end the suspending arms extend, also triangular in section. At the top they are c.4mm wide and widen to 5.5mm just above the split ends. There are traces of iron corrosion on these split ends.I have not been able to find a parallel for this harness pendant suspension mount either on the PAS database or in reelvant literature. It has elements of the cruciform or inverted-T shaped type, but is most similar to the M-shaped type (Griffiths, N; Finds Reserach Group Datasheet 5, no.20) in that it has two arms from which to hang two harness pendants, not just one arm to hang one as is most usual.Probably 14th century in date.
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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