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Description: | Cast copper alloy Medieval harness pendant hanger. The hanger is in the shape of a square topped shield with two knops projecting below. There is a indent in the top of the shield which may be where an attachment loop has broken off. The transverse pierced lobed knops at the bottom are joined by a cross bar and both are broken around the piercings which would have held a seperate cross bar from which the pendant whould have been suspended.The shield is decorated on the front with enamelling in the form a 'Barry or and vert a bend gules' (green and gold horizontal stripes with a diagonal red line running across them). This was the arms of the Poynings family from Poynings in East Sussex, about 12 miles from the findspot.The hanger is 21.4mm long, 10.9mm wide and 3.3mm thick; it weighs 1.68 grams. The hanger is unusually small and would not have supported a heavy pendant. LIN-84E967 and SUSS-E8D0F3 are similarly small hangers and it is probable this example is also mid 13th century - 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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