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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy suspension bar mount for a harness pendant of probable 14th century date. The mount is T shaped. The longer cross bar is triangular in section with a flat back and ridge down the centre of the front. At either end is a constriction formed of an upper and lower cusp and flanked by slight raised collars. Beyond the constriction are circular lobes with pointed knop terminals projecting at the ends. Through the centre of each lobe are rivets which have a large domed head at the front and a circular sectioned stub projecting at the back of the mount. From the centre of the cross bar a shorter bar runs down. This is also triangular in section and ends in a raised collar below which are two oval transverse loops. One is broken but the other has a circular drilled hole. A pin would have fitted between them and a pendant fixture would have hung from the pin. Such mounts were often gilded; very small traces survive on this example. Length 51.9mm, width (bar) 7.6mm, width (inc. suspension loops) 17.8mm, thickness (bar) 5.9mm, thickness (including rivets) 10.9mm, weight 11.70g Ref: Griffiths 'Harness pendants and associated fittings' in 'The Medieval Horse and its Equipment' (pp. 69, fig. 52, nos. 73)
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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