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Description: | A copper-alloy openwork harness pendant of Medieval date.The frame takes the form of an openwork quatrefoil, resembling a cross, an angled moulding located within each of the external angles. A pair of straight-sided lugs projects vertically from the top of the frame, the gap between them containing part of a second, now largely missing, element which is held in place by an axis bar and would have swung within the central void. At the apex of this second element there is a damaged loop, by which the pendant would have been suspended. A trace of gilding can be seen on the upper surface of one of the two lugs.Dimensions: 58.6mm high, 41.2mm wide, up to 7.5mm thick (top). Weight: 9.9g.Girffiths (1986: 1) suggests that openwork pendants may have originated in the 12th century. For a more complete parallel on the PAS database, see BH-0EF297.
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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