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Description: | Medieval copper alloy hinged suspension mount, probably from a harness pendant of 13th or 14th century dateThe suspension mount is complete but the harness pendant is missing (with an overall length of 25.9mm and a weight of 4.3g). The mount was attached using a single integral rivet at the rear. The rivet is circular-sectioned (3.4mm diameter and 6.8mm long) and the end has been peened-over. The rear of the mount is dished and the front is convex (with a depth of 4.4mm and a thickness of 0.9mm). The mount is of lozenge form (5.9mm wide and 7.5mm high) and there is no evidence of applied decoration on the surface. The hinge comprises two lugs (8.2mm long, 10.6mm wide and 4.9mm deep) folded to the rear, which would have flanked a single lug on the pendant. Remains of an iron axis bar evident within the hinge. The surface has a black patina and has some remnant surviving patches of gilding and elsewhere has areas of pale-green corrosion.Harness pendant suspension mounts are more commonly of cross, bar or horizontal form but rounded, globular forms are also represented. It has proved more difficult to parallel the lozenge form.
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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