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Description: | Copper alloy.Cast rhomboid harness pendant with integral loop at right-angles to display face. Display face with blank border enclosing a field of curvilinear floral ornament; the latter retains traces of dark ?blue enamel or colourant near the top, and traces of red-coloured material below this. Bent. The use of enamel would suggest a date after the second half of the 13th century; though harness pendants are held to fall out of use from the late 14th century (Griffiths 1995), the floral motif is more readily paralleled among Early Post-Medieval finds.Suggested date: Medieval,1300-1400.Length: 34.67mm, Width: 28.29mm, Thickness (pendant):1mm. Weight: 5.57gms.Notes: Griffiths, N. 1995. 'Harness Pendants and Associated Fittings' in Clark, J. (ed.), The Medieval Horse and its Equipment c.,1150-c.1450, Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 5, London, HMSO, pages 61-71.
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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