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Description: | A medieval (c. 13th-14th century) copper alloy harness pendant, missing most of its enamel. It is 'square' in shape, measuring 40.05mm in height, 31.5mm wide. 1.95mm thick and weighs 12.40 grams. The pendant has a central design resembling a shield of which has five horizontal sections with traces of enamel. One section has remnants of red enamel, two have a dark enamel, possibly black, and the other two have indistinguishable colored enamel. The rest of the pendant is seemingly undecorated on both sides, and on the reverse is a small circular indent roughly 2.68mm in diameter in the centre on the bottom edge. The entire pendant is slightly arched so that it does not lay flat.The loop (6.7mm thick), offset at 90°, is slightly off centre of the pendant and has a transverse ridge on the obverse side just above the pendant body. Nick Griffiths comments: "Pendants like this one are amongst the earliest enamelled, around 1260-1275". There is some thought that these pendants might have been made in the Wiltshire/ Dorset area.A similar pendant has been recorded by Read which he dates to the 14th century Read 2001, pp. 54, no. 426-428
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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