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Description: | An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy harness pendant (c. 1200-c. 1400 AD).The pendant is shield-shaped with a straight top and convex sides that meet at a point at the bottom. At the centre of the top, an incomplete suspension loop is turned through 90° to the plane of the plate. The front flat face has heraldic decoration in the form of an enamelled red cross engrailed on a gilded field:Or, a cross engrailed, Gules.The rear face is plain and uneven due to corrosion.This harness pendant is corroded overall. Most of the enamel is intact and only traces of the gilding survive. The break is abraded.31.62 x 19.47 x 4.49mm. Weight: 6.95g.Similar harness pendants are recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: IOW-0A4C66 and NLM-2304C8.A similar pendant has been recorded from Norfolk (Ashley 2002: 10. fig. 10, ref: 42).
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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