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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap fitting, probably for a horse harness. This object is unusual as it appears to combine a number of objects, including a decorative stud, pendant hanger/belt hanger and harness fitting. Dating to c.13th century, the object has a lozenge shaped lower body decorated with a three-leafed clover in yellow within a field of green enamel. Above this lozenge is a sub-rectangular piece with a T-shaped protrusion extending outwards from the face of the body and arranged longitudinally. On the reverse is an integrally cast stud protruding from the lozenge-shaped piece. The object has been gilded. Although this object's true function is unknown, its style and decoration puts it alongside pendant mounts of the same period, so it must have been related to horse decoration and/or strap fittings in the same manor as the pendants.
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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