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Description: | An incomplete and worn copper-alloy object, possibly a decorative mount or even a fragment from a harness pendant, dating to the Medieval period. It comprises a central, circular dome-shaped boss that has been slightly flattened due to post-depositional damage and has a raised collar around its sides. Around the base of the boss extends the remains of a flattened plate of uncertain form, now mostly incomplete due to old breaks. On the outer surface of the object the sides of the boss and the surviving surfaces of the plate have the remains of gilding, with traces of red enamel on the uper surfaces of the boss above the collar. The interior of the boss is worn and undecorated and both interior and exterior surfaces have suffered from extensive post-depositional damage and wear. This object measures 32.41mm in length, 29.70mm in width, 9.82mm in thickness/height, and weighs 7.47g.The precise function of this object remains uncertain due to its poor state of preservation. It may perhaps have served as a decorative mount of some kind, possibly related to horse harness pendants and similar objects, although it is unclear precisely how the current object would have been attached or suspended from another object. The gilding and enamel suggest a Medieval date for the object, perhaps in the 12th-14th centuries AD, although an earlier or later date cannot be ruled out entirely.
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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