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Description: | An incomplete and very worn cast copper-alloy mount or harness fitting of probable Medieval date. It comprises an incomplete and very worn suspension plate from which hangs a separately cast and incomplete pendant, possibly a harness pendant or similar. The suspension plate is flat, rectangular in form and missing most of its outer edges due to old breaks. It is folded at the base to hold in place a separately cast cylindrical bar from which the pendant hangs. At the top of the suspension plate is an integrally cast pointed conical shaped rivet. The front face has traces of gilding. Hanging from the bar is the separately cast pendant, most of whcih is incomplete due to old breaks. It consists of a rectangular shaft with circular suspension loop beneath which can be seen the start of a flattened plate, its precise form now uncertain due to the poor preservation of the object. The entire object has extremely worn surfaces and measures 33.30mm in length, 8.60mm in width, 2.90mm in thickness and weighs 2.44g.This is a very worn mount or harness fitting of Medieval date. It was presumably attached to a belt or strap and held in place a pendant, bell or similar item, the top part of which remains intact and suspended from the bar. It is of probable Medieval date, c.12th-15th centuries AD.
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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