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Description: | A worn cast copper alloy harness pendant of probable 14th-century (c.1250 - c.1450) date. The pendant is worn and abraded. It is broadly in the shape of an equal armed cross with oval or circular terminals / ends in plan and D shaped in cross-section. The edges of the pendant are slightly bevelled and the profile of the pendant is slightly bowed (convex). On the upper edge of the cross above the top lobed terminal is an integral cast suspension loop which is set at 90 degrees to the plain of the pendant. This loop has been pierced within an oval shaped hole; the top part is broken, possibly due to wear as the break is patinated suggesting the damage has some age. The front face is plain and undecorated; there is no evidence of an applied silver or gilded surface. The reverse face of the pendant is undecorated and flat. The harness pendant is a light green colour with broken and abraded patina which covers most surfaces. Where abrasion has occurred due to movement in the ploughsoil a light active green corrosion is present. Similar shaped horse-harness pendants have been dated to the middle of the medieval period specifically the 14th century (see Griffiths: 1986: Horse Harness Pendants. Finds Research Group Data Sheet 5).The pendant measures 32.2mm in length, 25.0mm width, is 5.7mm thick across loop and 3.8mm thick across pendant. It weighs 5.58 grams. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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