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Description: | Cast copper-alloy horse-harness pendant. The pendant has a circular body with six circular knops protruding from the edges. The upper knop has an integral incomplete lug which has a central perforation which is perpendicular to the pendant. The central body is decorated with a flower composed of a central knop and six circular cells filled with red enamel, around these cells are 6 other 'petals' which are gilded. In the surrounding field there is blue enamel. The outer knops are decorated with a low-relief simplistic tulip design. The reverse is undecorated. There are traces of gilding on the surface otherwise it is abraded. The pendant measures 38.44mm long, and 30.97mm wide. It weighs 10.4g. The harness pendant dates to the medieval period and were most popular in the 13th and early 14th century (Griffiths, N. 1986 Horse Harness Pendants Finds Research Group Datasheet No. 5).
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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