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Description: | Fragment of a Medieval cast copper alloy suspension bar mount for a harness pendant of probable 14th century date. One arm of the mount survives with the terminal, the reminder, including the suspension loops for the pendant, is lost to an old break. At the broken end of the arm is a bit of a flat rectangular section. The arm is triangular in section with a flat back and a central ridge on the front. Near the broken end is a raised collar with a circular rivet hole though it. Near the other is two raised curved lines running from the centre of the collar to the edges. Beyond these is a circular terminal with a circular rivet hole and an elongated and pointed central projection. The mount is gilded. Length 34.9mm, width 11.9mm, thickness 3.9mm, weight 4.42g
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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