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Description: | A copper alloy heraldic harness pendant dating from the Medieval period, AD 1200 - 1400. It is moulded in the form of an eagle's head couped, facing left. The moulding on the upper side is quite fine and detailed, the upper mandible of the open beak having a hooked tip and the neck and head having a pattern of moulded feathers. Some of the detail on the head has been abraded away and is missing. There is a flat suspension loop at ninety degrees to the plane of the pendant with a circular perforation, the upper part of which has broken away and is also missing. Red enamel remains in the circular eye socket and the interior of the beak. There are no other traces of decoration and the underside is flat and undecorated. The pendant has a light green patina. It is 31.1mm long, 18.2mm wide and 5.8mm thick. It weighs 8.82gm.One other pendant of this design has been recorded on the database, though of much cruder form. See reference BUC-E3DE75.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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