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Description: | Medieval copper alloy harness pendant suspension mount and pendant, still joined together. The pendant swings freely. The length of the object at full extent is 52.3mm. It weighs 6.89g.Both mount and pendant are cruciform in shape, very worn with almost all original patina lost and a tiny fleck of gilding remaining. Although the edges are extremely worn and the original edge has been lost, both would not have been significantly larger than they are now.The decoration on both mount and pendant appears to be a V (now appearing as ridge, but probably originally a groove) at the corner of each arm, the points of the Vs meeting in the centre to make a cross.The mount measures 20.9mm wide by 26.7mm long. The arms are c.6-7mm wide. In each horizontal arm is a piercing at its extremity. One is 1.8mm in diameter, the other worn through and 3.4mm in diameter. The lower vertical arm expands and splits to accomodate an axis bar for the pendant. It is 9.6mm wide at its widest part.The pendant is 30.7mm in length, inclusive of loop turned through 90°. It is 21.8mm wide. The arms are c.7-8mm in width.13th/ 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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