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Description: | Cast gilt copper alloy horse harness pendant, lozenge-shaped in plan with bifid knops on the each side and opposing circular knops below the suspension loop and at the terminal. These circular knops have hatched interiors and the side knops have the spiral terminals of tendrils running from the head knop and following the curve of the edge of the pendant. Below these tendrils is a stem which terminates in an elaborate leaf in almost a shield-shape with six pairs of parallel incised lines to define the veins. The tip of the leaf ends just above the terminal knop. Only the base of the suspension loop remains but otherwise the pendant is complete with some gilding still on the surface.Read (1988) illustrates a similarly decorated and shaped mount with a circular terminal knop and shield-shaped body on page 115, No.744, and similar incised decoration on a button on page 146, No.973, a mount on page 148, No.997, and a spur on page 156, No.1052, which are all dated from the 17th century.
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