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Description: | A Medieval (AD1200-1400) copper-alloy lozenge shaped horse harness pendant with enamel design in relief. This pendant has a lozenge shaped body with a length of 29.70mm, width of 25.38mm and thickness of 2.66mm. From the top corner of the pendant, set at 90 degrees to the lozenge, an incomplete suspension loop protrudes. This suspension loop has broken across the centre of what would originally have been a circular perforation of c.2.60mm diameter. The incomplete length of the pendant suspension shank and loop is c.5.28mm. Just below the circular perforation the suspension shank has a depth of 3.85mm and width of 1.80mm. Weight is 6.68g, total incomplete length is 34.99mm.The enamel design on the front surface of the pendant consists of some form of animal, now incomplete, left possibly with a tail hanging down along the lower right edge. This beast is formed of white enamel. Green enamel is present above the beast, fanning out from a point above the centre of the beast's back possibly representing foliage. Some green enamel is also present below the beast towards the left of the lozenge. This lower green enamel is likely to be incomplete and may also have represented foliage.PAS record DENO-CD25F3 shows a similar decorative design on a harness pendant, and HESH-4B1357 shows an object of similar date decorated with a leopard up a tree in enamel.
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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