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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy small heraldic harness pendant. The pendant is shield shaped with a straight top and convex sides which meet at a point at the bottom. From the middle of the top edge projects a transverse suspension loop. On the front is a raised design on a fret which may also represent arms which were fretty. Only small amounts of corrosion remain in the cells and the original enamel colour is unclear. It is 26.7mm long including the loop, 14.9mm wide and 4.1mm thick, 1.9mm thick excluding the loop, it weighs 2.69 grams.Harness pendants are generally dated from the twelfth to the fourteenth century, with enamelled and heraldic types predominating in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries (Griffiths, 1995, 'The Medieval Horse and its Equipment'). As several people used fretty arms or ones with a fret in different colours the owner cannot be securely identified.
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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