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Description: | A cast copper-alloy harness pendant of Medieval date. It is complete but has very worn surfaces and has been bent at an angle of approximately 90 degrees due to post-depositional damage. The pendant comprises an openwork frame that is quatrefoil in shape and D-shaped in section with triangular projections at each external angle of the foil. At the top the frame has an elongated rectangular neck from which extends an integrally cast, flattened, oval shaped suspension loop set at right angles to the plane of the frame and with a central circular aperture. Beneath the suspension loop, and within the neck, is a separately cast cylindrical copper-alloy bar that holds in place a secondary pendant enabling it to hinge/swing freely within the interior of the openwork frame. This internal pendant is cross-shaped in form with a slight raised collar at the top, flaring ends to each arm and a separately cast central circular rivet with large and projecting dome-shaped head on the front face. The entire object is extremely worn and retains no trace of decorative elements or the original surfaces of the metal. It measures 34.43mm in length (bent), 19.18mm in width, 6.52mm in thickness and 5.77g in weight.This is a decorative harness pendant of Medieval date with similar parallels noted on the PAS database and in published sources (e.g. SF-18FB75, DUR-592890, WMID-4BCBE6, SUSS-908050, LIN-491E57, SUSS-908050, ESS-371931 or GLO-7605D8; Griffiths, 1986: no. 18). These indicate a probable 13th-14th century AD date for the current example.
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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