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Description: | A small cast copper-alloy gilded pendant probably of medieval or post-medieval date. The pendant is circular in plan and has a central flower motif with nine petals moulded in relief, surrounded by a further circle of fifteen petal shaped mouldings around the edge of the pendant, each marked with a small circle near its outer edge. The decorated face is 12.4mm in diameter and 2mm thick. Traces of gilding survive on the front. The reverse is plain. An integrally cast suspension loop projects from one side of the pendant and is set at 90 degrees to the plane of the pendant. It is 1mm thick and 4mm in external diameter. The metal has corroded to a dark red-brown colour with traces of dark green corrosion product.Other flower shaped pendants of this scale and general form on the PAS database include an example with a face in the centre which is suggested to be a personal religious pendant (SUR-A18891) and a lead example thought to be a medieval harness pendant (SUSS-02CC02).
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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