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Description: | A cast copper alloy Medieval horse harness pendant. In plan the body of the pendant is rectangular with a moulded beaded edge. Protruding from the upper edge, and integral to it is a single armterminating with a perforated lug. This component is slightly bent to one side. The pendant is decorated with a four-leaf flower which has a high-relief central conical. This component of the pendant is riveted to the rectangular body by an integral rivet which passes through a perforation in the rectagnular body. On the reverse of the body there is a washer over the rivet and then the rivet is flattened. The surface of the pendant has traces of gilding, otherwise the surface is a mottled green colourwhich has patches of bronze disease. The pendant measures 27.64mm long, and 17.57mm wide. It weighs 7g.The harness pendant is from the Medieval period and they were most popular in the 14th century (Griffiths, N. 1986 Horse Harness Pendants FRG Datasheet No. 5), but date from the 12th to 14th centuries. Square and rectangular pendants appear in the 13th century (ibid).
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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