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Description: | Worn and corroded medieval copper alloy composite horse harness pendant consisting of a large quatrefoil outer frame with the suspension-loop springing from the uppermost foil and perforated to suppprts a separate swinging pendant. This copper alloy pendant is unusual with an elongated pointed projection inserted into the perforation and foldeed onto the reverse iof the pendant to form the loop. Both sides of the point are split. The pendant has opposed lobes at the springing of the loop and the remains of a short oval body broken at the lower end (extant length 25.5mm, width 13mm). It might have originally have been a quatrefoil or cruciform, but the central and lower parts are missing and it could equally well be a hook re-used as a replacement for a missing pendant. Height of frame 63mm. Width of frame 49mm. See Griffiths (1986), no.18 and also related types in EAA 120, fig.5.93, SF 81 and SF609. 14th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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