|
Date: |
|
Description: | A cast copper-alloy suspension mount for a medieval harness pendant. The mount is 'T' shaped, with a lateral arm at the top which has a sub-circular attachment lug at either end on the reverse. The bottom of the mount is split with a gap for suspension of a harness pendant which would have been suspended on two thin prongs which project into the gap. The mount measures 21.5 mm mm long, 18 mm wide, 5.1 mm thick and weighs 6.2 grams. It probably dates from the 13th to 14th centuries AD. A similar type of suspension mount is illustrated by Read in 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' (2001, Fig 35, no. 440).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
|