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Description: | An incomplete and corroded Medieval cast copper-alloy gilded harness pendant (1250-1400). The sexfoil pendant has a hexagonal central body with six trefoil shaped lobes projecting from the sides (one lobe is largely missing due to a break). One of these projections extends to form a suspension loop which is turned through 90° to the plane of the pendant and broken by an old break. The main body of the pendant bears a device of a human face in the cenre surrounded by a band of foliate decoration. There are small flecks of gilding on some of the trefoil lobes and on the border. The rear face is plain.The pendant is 34.4mm high, 31.7mm wide, 2.8mm thick and weighs 10.79 grams.Similar harness pendants have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: IOW-CC0C54; NMS-559231 and SWYOR-9ED8D7. Similar examples of pendants with human face devices can be seen here: SUR-CAA64F and SWYOR-5E4271. Although these examples are of different shaped pendants. For information on harness pendants, see Ward-Perkins 1940: 118-122.Ashley. S. 2002. Medieval Armorical Horse Furniture in Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology 101. Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service. Gressenhall.Ward-Perkins, J.B. 1940. Medieval Catalogue. London Museum. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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