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Description: | A Medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant dating from 1250 - 1400, complete with its suspension loop. It depicts a king enthroned. It is rectangular, but is shaped at the top to follow the king's head and sceptre. It measures 28.53mm x 18.44mm, and 2.69mm thick, although the loop is 5.27mm thick. It weighs 3.86gm. There are traces of red enamel in the background, and some fragments of silvering on the raised design, and on the reverse. The pendant design is of a king enthroned, on a throne which has uprights with knob shaped terminals. He is holding a sceptre in his right hand. The enthroned king is extremely similar to the one on the pendant on the PAS Database record BUC-704BF4. The throne is slightly different and the sceptre is at a different angle, but they look to be based on the same design. BUC-704BF4 also has a more elaborate surround, although the design itself is referred to as "crude and uneven". A third example is SWYOR-DAE817. This also has an elaborate edge, but the enthroned king is of a much higher quality design.
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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