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Description: | Copper alloy harness pendant dating to the Medieval period. The pendant is a lozenge shaped plate with a transverse suspension loop projecting from the top with a drilled circular hole. The surface of the pendant has been coated with green enamel, now flaking to reveal a red-brown patination of the metal. The front is decorated with an additional patten. With the loop to the top of the image, the design appears to show an animal in white within foliage; possibly a monkey, squirrel or cat facing left with limbs extending forward as if to clutch a branch surrounded by possible leaves to represent a tree. As the background was initially green, it appears foliage has been indicated by a different coloured enamel which has now faded to a blue-green colour. These sections survive as a more raised surface than the green background. Part of the white enamel on the animal body has cracked and been lost, whilst the remaining enamel across the pendant is suffereing from small cracks and worn patches.The pendant measures 44.0mm in length, 32.1mm in width and 3.4mm in thickness at the plate. The suspension loop is 3.1mm thick and the pendant weighs 14.24g.While some harness pendants date from the late 12th century the majority are 13th-14th century in date Griffiths (1986:1). The design appears decorative or symbolic rather than heraldic. This example is very similar to other examples on this database, CAM-E4FDA2 and SOM-F5E618 in particular, which bears an almost identical design, although moulded rather than enamelled.
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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