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Description: | An elaborate enamelled copper-alloy horse harness pendant dating to the medieval period. The pendant is flat, quatrefoil, and has an integral circular shank extending from the centre of the reverse. The entire surface is enamelled. In the centre is a square border formed by a recess into the enamelled surface, suggesting that the border fill is now missing. The interior of the square is filled with red enamel, and set within this is a lion shown side on going left. The lion is recessed into the enamel. Outside the square, in each semi-circular cell of the quatrefoil, is a motif of black enamel comprising two arches and a central line, perhaps imitating foliage. The presence of black enamel suggests that this too once filled the recessed areas.
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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