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Description: | A Medieval copper-alloy gilt horse harness pendant suspension mount, dating from the c. 13th-14th centuries AD.The mount consists of a rectangular decorative plate with an integrally cast attachment shaft on its reverse. From this, a second thinner segment is connectedat the decorative plate's base; this thinner segment is sub-rectangular in plan with a further sub-rectangular notch cut into it. The whole segment is then bent backwards upon itself to create two tear-drop shaped suspension loops. These loops would have held an axial pin and horse harness pendant, now missing. The outer face of the suspension mount is decorated with incised double-saltire decoration and an incised horizontal line following the bottom perimeter of the decorative plate. Further vertical lines running down the perimeter of the suspension loops with short interconnecting horizontal lines. All of the decoration on the outer face is gilded. It measures 21.7mm long, 12.3mm wide, 1.21 thick on plate and it weighs 2.75 grams.
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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