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Description: | A complete copper-alloy and gilded pendant, possible horse harness pendant. The item is tentaively identified as a harness pendant due to having the same style of suspension loop but is of small size and unusal shape and design in comparison to more classic examples of this artefact type. The pendant is flat and oval with a flat circular lobe forming the terminal at the lower edge of the pendant. At the opposite end is the suspension loop which is a pierced sub-oval loop set at 90 degrees to the pendant face. The front of the pendant face is decorated with an incised spiral and dots scrollwork pattern of apparently abstract design. There are traces of gilding present on the face and loop of this pendant. This item has provisionaly been dated as c.1200-1400 in line with known harness pendants but may be earlier or later than this pending a better provenanced parallel.
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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