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Description: | A complete enamelled cast copper alloy Medieval horse harness pendant suspension mount and pendant dating to c.1200 - 1300AD. The artefact measures 40.70mm in length and weighs 9.3g. The mount is sub-rectangular and has an attachment shaft projecting from the reverse side. The mount measures 14.51mm in length, 7.06mm in width and 4.76mm in thickness. This thickness increases to 12.06mm to include the projecting shaft's length. The shank has a sub rectangular cross section that tapers from its attachment to the mount to the loop. At its largest it has a length of 4.28mm, a width of 3.24mm and a thickness of 7.30mm. Halfway down the mount, the pendant is slotted between two parallel vertical arms and is secured by an iron pin that is slotted horizontally through the two arms of the mount and the attachment loop of the pendant. The diameter of the pin holes are both 2.86mm.The pendant, attachment shaft and loop are 30.04mm in length with 3.85mm slotted into the mount. The pendant itself is 21.00mm in length. It is 21.38mm in width, 2.24mm in thickness and is trefoil. It is decorated with three crowns, two above and one below and between. The field surrounding the crowns is slightly recessed leaving the crowns to stand out. The recession of the field would have allowed red enamelling to surround the crowns although only remnants of this still survive. The reverse side is flat and undecorated.For an exact example see Benet's Second Edition 2003 Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom p. 372, Cat. No. M08-0116. For a similar, although not exact example, see Museum of London 1995 The Medieval Horse and its Equipment p. 66 Cat. No. 65.
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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