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Description: | Copper alloy and enamelHarness Pendant. Cast heraldic pendant of quatrefoil form with a projection in each angle, and with an oval lug with drilled hole of diameter 4mm at right angles to the display face. This includes a background blazon with a distinct blazon superimposed. The former includes paired downward slanting lines on either side, possibly together representing a chevron, and a pair of either wavy or vertical lines at the top. Tiny crumbs of glassy material may suggest the field for this design was once coloured red. The design is concealed by the superimposed motif: a heater shaped shield with pointed top confining a flat topped heater shield bearing the blazon of a lion or other beast rampant left. with a long tail curled behind. Glassy material now of a greenish hue appears on and around the beast. Abraded, and lightly bowed outwards; the thickening at the base of the suspension loop might suggest this profile is an original feature. Suggested date: Later Medieval, 1350-1450.Length: 41.3mm, Width: 31.2mm, Thickness (plate): 3.3mm, Weight: 14.90gms.
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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