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Description: | Incomplete and very corroded medieval gilt copper alloy harness mount, a bar with one lobed and pierced terminal filled with the remains of an iron rivet and one incomplete flattened and possible circular terminal. The bar consists of three square bosses, one with its flat top decorated with cross-hatched engraving, and two short lengths of triangular section with a chamfered apex. The object is similar to another example from Tibenham, Norfolk (NHER 17388, NMS-83E7C7) and broadly comparable with harness pendant suspension mounts (e.g. Griffiths, N. in Clark 1995, fig. 52) and hook-ended bar mounts (e.g. Beresford 1977, fig. 48 no. 23). Its precise function is uncertain. Extant length 53mm. Width of bar 8mm. Extant width of flat terminal 13mm. Thickness 1 - 4mm. 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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