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Description: | Cast copper alloy harness fitting / suspension mount from a harness pendant of medieval date (1200-1450). The mount is irregular in plan being broadly cross (+) shaped. It is D shaped in cross section. The edges of the mount are bevelled with the upper face being convex. From the centre of the horizontal bar are two cast vertical projections. One is another fixing arm, whilst the other forms the hinged suspension fitting. This suspension element splits into two, the terminals of which have been pierced. This bar would have held / fixed a decorative pendant to the mount. The mount itself is pierced in three places, twice on the horizontal bar and once on the vertical. The vertical hole is filled with a copper alloy domed stud which would have held the bar to the harness of the horse. The mount has been abraded and rounded in the plough-soil causing it to become slightly asymmetrical in both plan and profile. It measures 41.6mm in length, 34.3mm width, is 9.4mm thick, and weighs 11.5 grams. The front face of the mount is decorated with a series of simple cast motifs. These motifs consist of a series of D shaped ribs that are evenly spaced along each arm. The ribs on the bar vertical are horizontal, and ribs on the horizontal are vertical. The reverse of the mount is flat and undecorated. Both faces have been further decorated with an applied gilt surface. This has been removed, in places, by a combination of corrosion and abrasion. The mount is of a mid green colour with an even but abraded patina that covers all surfaces. The abrasion is most noticeable around the extremities of the mount. Similar suspension mounts can be seen in The Medieval Horse and Its Equipment page 69, ref: 73-74. These parallels have been dated to the late 14th century; however, this style of pendant was common throughout the 13th and 15th centuries
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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