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Description: | A copper alloy horse harness pendant and mount of Medieval date. The pendant is in the form of a fish with four fins visible. The fish's head tapers into the pendant's suspension loop which extends upwards and is pierced horizontally. The tail of the fish extends downwards and is capped by a rectangular plate which has a small hole punched through. The metal plate has deteriorated towards the bottom of the hole, either due to corrosion or wear. The body of the pendant has been bent slightly at the fish's middle section. Details of the fish's scales, gills, ribbed fins and eye have been engraved on the pendant's surface. Horse pendants are generally thought to date from the 12th through the 14th centuries (Griffiths 1986: 1).The pendant measures 40.9mm in length; 16.74mm in width; .85mm in thickness and 2.53g in weight.
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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