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Description: | Incomplete medieval gilt copper alloy horse harness pendant, circular, eight-lobed, leaf-shaped lobes, the uppermost of which is missing with its suspension-loop. Remains of gilding and red and blue enamel survive: Azure a cross within a crown of thorns Or voided Gules. Surviving length 29mm. Width 31mm. 3mm thick. Cf. Griffiths (1995), no.71, 67-8, fig.50, similar examples from Norfolk, one from Shelton, the other from Harling, are listed (under Wheel) but not illustrated in Ashley (2002), p.52. 13th-14th century.
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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