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Description: | A damaged copper-alloy harness pendant of medieval date, possibly part of a set. The pendant is a neat, solid sexfoil with moulded lobes on the upper surface; the lower surface is flat. There is a small transverse ridge at the junction of pendant and arm. The suspension loop is set forward of the pendant and was quite prominent. It has broken through at the top following old damage Both stubs have been twisted to one side; the damage is more exaggerated on that furthest forwards. Although no traces of gilding survive on the artefact the red/brown colour to which it has corroded is suggestive of gilding. There are also patches of off-white and light-green corrosion product on both surfaces. Sexfoil pendants are often found as 'swingers' within openwork frames raising the possibility that this once formed part of a set.
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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