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Description: | A copper-alloy Medieval heraldic harness pendant, dating from about AD 1200-1400. The pendant is in the shape of a quatrefoil with small angles in between each foil. The quatrefoil-shaped pendant has an integral suspension loop at the top, which is turned 90° to the pendant, with its circular hole running parallel to the front surface of the pendant. In the centre of the pendant is a square with unclear decoration, possibly a lion passant. From each side of the square protrudes a fleur-de-lis within four other boxes creating a cross shape. There are signs of enameling still in the corners of the fields; the edges of the fields are very abraded. The reverse is flat and undecorated.Similar heraldic horse harness pendants can be seen in Cherry (1991) in Saunders (ed) Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 1. Harness pendants are generally dated from the twelfth to the fourteenth century, with circular and openwork examples predominating the twelfth century, more varied types in the thirteenth and fourteenth century including the enamelled and heraldic types (Griffiths, 1995, The Medieval Horse and its Equipment). Quatrefoil pendants are likely a little later in date. Similar harness pendants may be found on the database at record IDs: SWYOR-006882, NLM-E06E66, SUSS-F5A0A5, IOW-051DF1, ESS-04D590, HESH-EB5A47 and SWYOR-1013E4.The pendant is 30.8mm long, 18.7mm wide, 1.4mm thick and weighs 3.23 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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