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Description: | A medieval enamelled copper alloy shield-shaped harness pendant. On the upper surface of the pendant is an engraved rampant lion. Flecks of red enamel survive within the lion. The reverse is blank. On the top edge of the shield is an attachment loop at a right angle to the pendant. Nick Griffiths dates shield shaped pendants with enamelling to c. 1250- 1400 AD (Clarke et al. 1995, 62).Dimensions: length: 30.06mm; width: 16.73mm; thickness: 6.10mm; weight: 4.75g.
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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