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Description: | A Medieval copper-alloy harness strap fitting.A flat-sectioned plate with vertical perforation is flanked by a pair of vertically aligned, sub-rectangular frames. One of these frames angles upwards slightly; the base of the other sits flat and has a projecting arm at its lower front corner. This arm is of flat section, the sides splaying towards a rounded terminal, from which it is separated by two opposing C-shaped cut-outs in the surface. A rivet hole is located at the centre of the terminal and a sub-rectangular knop extends straight outwards at its distal end.Length: 66.3mm; width: 10.8mm; height: 17.8mm. Weight: 17.79g.This piece represents the lower part of a rotating banner for the display of horse harness pendants. Three similar examples are illustrated and discussed by Nick Griffiths (1986: 2/Figs. 22-24). The form of the projecting arm and terminal are typical of harness pendant suspension mounts of the 13th and 14th centuries (see Ashley 2002: fig. 13, no. 105).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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