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Description: | A small cast copper-alloy pendant of possible late Early-Medieval to Medieval date. It has a flat plate that is in the form of a stylised double-headed bird. At the top of the plate is an integrally cast oval shaped suspension loop set at right angles to the plane of the plate and with a central circular aperture. The heads of the bird face in opposite directions beneath the suspension loop with a narrow neck below that expands to spread wings of rectangular form and a projecting triangular tail at the base. The front face of the pendant has the remains of moulded decoration comprising a raised border around the entire object, oval shaped eyes, and vertical ridges outlining the feathers on the wings and the tail. The tail feathers are arranged in a triangular/chevron pattern. There are traces of gilding at the top of the plate near the suspension loop. The back face is flat and undecorated but has patches of very worn green patina. It measures 22.29mm in height, 9.05mm in width, 1.42mm in thickness, and 0.82g in weight.This is a small decorative pendant of uncertain date. A similar archived example has been noted in Suffolk from a site close to Woodbridge, although no good published example has as yet been identfied. The Suffolk parallel is tentatively dated to the late Early-Medieval to Medieval periods, and a similar date range might be suggested for the current example, perhaps c.1000-1400 AD or a little later.
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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