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Description: | A complete Medieval cast copper-alloy harness pendant with part of a suspension mount (c. 1200-c. 1400).The body of the pendant is slightly misshapen but was originally flat and square in plan.It has a suspension loop turned through 90° to the body which is centrally placed along the top edge. The shaft of the loop is rectangular in cross-section and each side of the loop is flat. Attached to the loop there is a suspension mount made from a strip of copper-alloy and folded through 180° to form a slotted hinge. Within the slot is a copper-alloy bar which allowed the pendant to swivel. This mount measures 15.1 x 13.4 x 5.1mm.The rear face of the pendant is flat and plain.At the front, decoration is in the form of a raised voided cross fleury with in a sunken circular field. This field is partially filled with copper-alloy corrosion products. However, it may have originally been filled with enamel. Outside the circle, the remains of hatched lines can be seen. At the centre, between the sunken circle and the lower edge there is a small circular hole, 3.1mm in diameter.A patina has not survived and the surface colour is drab brown with superficial copper-alloy corrosion products. Traces of gilding can be seen at the front of the body and suspension mount. There is no gilding to be seen on the rear face of either element.50.4 x 38.0 x 6.9. (the length including the mount: 56.6mm). Weight: 19.53g.A similar square pendant with complete hatching has been recorded from Norfolk (Ashley 2002: 19, fig. 19, ref: 174).
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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