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Description: | A Medieval (1200-1400) copper-alloy horse harness pendant with traces of a white-metal coating (tinning or silvering), and areas of possible gilding (or perhaps the scratched original surface of the copper alloy). It is the form of a septfoil with a moulded sexfoil at the centre around a single copper alloy pellet. Both outer and inner petals are recessed.The loop is turned through 90 degrees and has traces of silvering/ tinning to both sides.Measures 26.97x18.36x5.24mm and weighs 4.56g. Without loop, the body of the pendant is 19.06mm long and 2.77mm thick.Cf. HAMP2204 on this database.
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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