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Description: | Copper alloy Harness pendant fragment, as kindly reidentified by Rob Webley, who comments that this example is early in the series of such objects.Two-piece copper alloy cast sheet mount; comprising a rectangular openwork plate with suspension loop, and a cruciform plate engaged with the loop by a transverse pin clasped by a lug formed of folded sheet. A further detached fragment probably belongs to the cruciform element. Two rivet holes appear on one side of the cruciform plate, and a single substantial dome-headed copper alloy rivet remains in situ on the opposite side. All three fragments feature a central openwork five-petalled floral motif with incised detail and central rivet-hole, in central circular cut-outs. A stamped and incised scheme of surface decoration is framed by a linear border, with lentoid petals extending to its corners; the remaining field is filled with stamped circular or semi-circular decoration. The display face is gilded overall. The reverse of all three fragments is flat, and the attached fragments retain mineral-preserved organic traces. The object was therefore deposited with fabric or leather elements attached. Suggested date: Medieval, 1150-1250. Dimensions of reassembled object/s: Length: c.88mm, Max Width: c.51mm, Thickness: c.1.5mm. Weight: 23.17gms.
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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