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Description: | A very corroded but complete medieval heraldic pendant set consisting of cast copper-alloy suspension mount and harness pendant. The small suspension mount is semicircular, and features a circular-section pointed stud on the reverse, 8.1mm in length, having been bent over at the tip (for similar see Read 2001, 52; ref. 403). A double-looped integral attachment emerges from the lower end of the mount; the corroded iron pin survives in situ. The attachment loops overlap the mount on both front and reverse. The mount is 12.8mm high, up to 8.15mm wide, and c. 4mm thick at the mount.The pendant is in the form of basically moulded eagle with its head to the left when viewing the front of the pendant (for a more elaborate eagle see ibid., 57; ref. 458). Emerging from the top of the head is the suspension loop with circular perforation (L.: 11.4mm, W.: 5.9) it is perpendicular to the main body of the pendant and hangs from the suspension mount described. The pendant has been bent at a forty-five degree angle to the loop as a result of old damage. The pendant is 27.2mm long, 13.4mm wide and 3.1mm thick. The metal is a dark red-brown with patches of green corrosion product in places. Patches of off-white corrosion product also suggest that the object was gilded, with small flecks seeming to survive in places.
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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