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Description: | A cast, copper alloy harness pendant suspension mount. The hanger is rectangular in shape and decorated with an openwork design of two horizontal leaves with four scrolled stems above and two beneath. There are two oval suspension loops for the pendant depending from one of the long sides of the rectangle. These are formed by bending over a strip of metal with a rectangular slot cut along the centre. Each end of this strip narrows down to a neck, attached at one end to the body of the pendant and at the other widening out again to three arms of a cross, this end being hidden behind the body of the hanger. The terminal end would probably have continued to the integral rivet and been fixed by it, but it is now broken. The integral cast stud in the centre of the reverse is also for attachment to a leather strap. Traces of gilding remain on the front of the hanger, otherwise it has a grey brown patina. It is 34.7mm long, 32.3mm wide and 11.5mm thick. It weighs 8.69gm. A close parallel has not been found, but it is likely to date from 1200 - 1400AD.
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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