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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy harness pendant of Medieval date (c. AD 1200 - c. AD 1400).The suspension mount and the pendant were found less than 1.0 metre apart and close to the surface, so it has been assumed that the two objects are related.The suspension mount is cross-shaped. It has two horizontal arms and one vertical arm at the top. Each arm end is perforated to accommodate a rivet and each arm terminates with a narrow knop. None of the rivets have survived. The lower arm of the cross is in the form of a double loop to accommodate a bar that formed a hinge for the swivelling pendant. The pendant is sub-circular in plan. It is convex at the front and flat at the rear. A suspension loop at the top is turned through 90° and the loop is largely missing due to an old break.Both the suspension mount and the pendant are in poor condition. The suspension mount has lost its patina and is mainly covered with loose khaki green copper-alloy corrosion deposits. Close to the rivet hole on the upper arm of the suspension mount, there is a fleck of gold. There is another fleck on the underside of the right arm.The pendant may have had a design at the front although this has been lost to corrosion. However, small areas of decayed buff patina are present. The bar forming the hinge between the two elements is missing.Overall length: c. 50.0mm; width: 29.7mm; thickness: 3.7mm. Weight: 6.84g.
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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