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Description: | A cast copper-alloy harness pendant suspension mount of the Medieval period, c. 1200-1500.The suspension mount is cruciform with a collared and bell-shaped terminal with a projecting knop at the end of three arms. Each terminal has a circular perforation, with the two side-extending arms retaining the bent nails that attached the suspension mount to the harness strap. The fourth, downward extending arm is shorter in length than the other three and ends with a pair of lugs. An axel connects these two lugs and a third central lug that extends from the fixture to the actual pendant (no missing). The pendant fixture was probably soldered to the pendant, as no break is apparent on the reverse of the small sub-rectangular plate.
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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