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Description: | A gold pendant, probably from an item of jewellery, perhaps an ear ring. The pendant is hollow and teardrop shaped. It would have been oval in cross-section but is now partially flattened; both main faces are now concave. There is an integral circular attachment loop at the narrow apex. The loop has a small gap in it of about 0.5mm length. The metal forming the loop is circular in cross-section and is 0.7mm diameter. The loop is 2.2mm diameter, and 1.1mm internal diameter. One face of the pendant is decorated with applied filigree. Twisted gold wire forms an oak-leaf like design which is a trefoil shape at each end, with a further lobe in the centre of each side. There is also a circle of wire inside the leaf design. There are three applied pellets of gold; one in the centre of the circle, and one in the centre of each trefoil terminal. One piece of the wire forming one lobe of one trefoil shape is missing.There does not appear to be a direct parallel on the PAS database. The style of decoration is very similar to 16th and 17th century items with filigree and granulated decoration such as dress hooks (for example YORYM-9DE209, 2014 T532), dress fasteners (such as SWYOR-D16779, 2014 T465) and pins (like GLO-3FE30F, 2014 T447). A couple of silver gilt pendants including NMGW-221F3A (2012 W23) and NLM-894835 also have similarities. The pendant was probably a component of jewellery or could have been an ear-ring.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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