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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy harness pendant of probable Medieval date. It has a flat plate that is trilobate in form, comprising a central lozenge shaped lobe with tongue shaped lobes at the top to either side, giving the entire object a roughly lozenge form. At the sides and at the base of the central lobe are flat projecting circular knops. The top of the plate has a rectangular collar with an integrally cast, but incomplete, circular suspension loop with circular aperture set at 90 degrees to the plane of the plate. The back face of the plate is flat and undecorated, however the front face carries extensive decorative elements. These comprise borders consisting of numerous small diagonal notches along the upper edges of the plate and the lower edges of the central lobe. The collar has cross-hatching and the two side knops have multiple curved lines/grooves. The three lobes are separated by narrow borders, each of the lobes containing foliate scrollwork decoration formed from double parallel lines that are pendant from the top of the plate and in some areas interlace. The base of the central lobe has an additional lozenge shaped motif with scrolled terminals that extend into the terminal knop. The entire front face has traces of gilding. It measures 48.91mm in length, 40.31mm in width, 1.54mm in thickness, and weighs 7.53g.This harness pendant is probably Medieval in date, although appears to be purely decorative rather than heraldic in form. The decorative elements on the front face and the general appearance of the object are perhaps more reminiscent of later, Post-Medieval metalwork (c.16th to 17th centuries AD), however no close parallel has been identified and it remains likely that the pendant may be of earlier, Medieval date, c.14th century 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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