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Description: | A Medieval copper-alloy pendant loop with bar attached. The piece takes the form of an openwork trefoil, with chamferred section. The inner part of the rings is open, each projection ending about 2mm from the other. The uppermost lobe of the trefoil ends in a strap-bar (similar to a D shaped buckle) over which the attachment from the bar is looped Cf Egan and Pritchard 1991 p221 fig 1189. Length (including bar): 35.95mm; width of trefoil: 18.08mm and 18.88mm at widest; thickness: 3.36mm; weight: 4.25g. The bar is 17.31mm in length, 4.59mm wide, with a thickness of 2.19mm, D shaped in cross-sction. It is 21.20mm in length including the loop which is narrower than the bar itself. There are two rivets, each about 4.20mm from each end of the bar, one holding the loop. Bar mounts with pendent loops were found in excavations in London, in layers dating from late 13th to 14th century. They were probably attached to belts, allowing articles to be suspended from them.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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