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Description: | Medieval gilt copper alloy lozengiform horse harness pendant with an enamel inlaid elaborate sexfoil taking up, unusually, most of the front face. The foils contain some decayed, probably white, enamel but inlay in the central round cell and the narrow elliptical cells between the foils has disappeared. Gilding is absent from the reverse. Height 36.5mm. Width 24.5mm. The thickness of the lozenge diminishes towards the base, 3.5 - 2mm. Dates to the 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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