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Description: | A fragment of an unusual, elaborate, gilt, horse harness pendant. One surviving of originally four arms in a saltire-like arrangement, comprising a square terminal with a short and broad rectangular projection, broken where bifurcated to form a hollow square central boss (>19mm x >30mm). The terminal is cast, with relief decoration and a blue enamelled central roundel. The blazon is: Azure a triple-towered castle Or on a circular field within a roundel or tressure from which project four cinquefoils between four roundels on a pelleted background. This may represent the arms of CASTILLE. Cf. an almost complete composite pendant with a cross on a circular enamelled field on each terminal from Wormegay, is shown in Ashley (2002), Fig.9, no.37, and a fragment very similar to this one, bearing the arms of Castille, from Emneth (HER 36164). Late 12th-early 13th century.
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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