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Description: | An incomplete and very abraded cast copper-alloy harness pendant of Medieval date. It is of elaborate quatrefoil form, flat, and missing its integrally cast suspension loop due to old breaks. The front face has traces of moulded decoration with one or two tiny flecks of gilding. The decorative or heraldic element depicted is uncertain, although to one side (right hand side) there appear to be what look like wings, perhaps from an eagle, griffin or similar creature. This harness pendant measures 29.98mm in length, 28.44mm in width, 2.28mm in thickness, and weighs 6.17g.Similar elaborate quatrefoil heraldic pendants are published from Norfolk by Ashley and dated to the later Medieval period, c.14th-15th centuries AD (2002: pp. 21-23). Due to the preservation of the current example it is uncertain as to whether this is heraldic or simply a decorative harness pendant. It is of probable similar date, c.14th-15th centuries AD.
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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