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Description: | Early Anglo-Saxon or modern copper alloy chain and pendant or spangle. Cruciform pendant created by cutting a triangular notch in the centre of each edge of a rectangular sheet with rounded corners, slightly domed, with a repoussé dot in the centre and in each arm of the cross. One arm is pierced near the edge for an S-shaped wire link attached to a register chain of eleven wire links. Pendant 21 x 21.5mm. Total length of chain including S link 171mm. Single link 17 x 9mm.The surface is a pale yellow brassy colour with no green patination, and only a trace of possible corrosion product in the reverse of the repoussé dots. The piercing for the chain is worn, the surface of the pendant, particularly the reverse, shows evidence of surface loss. Parts of the hand-made chain are worn with evidence of surface loss, and only traces of green corrosion.Although the initial appearance of the object suggests a modern piece of jewellery, perhaps ethnographic, the form and method of manufacture would be consistent with an Anglo-Saxon date. Discovered circa 1974 during piling in a low lying area next to a river, the condition may be the result of being buried in a waterlogged deposit and cleaning or storage after discovery. The find spot was in an area of trade and shipping from the medieval period to the 19th century, making a late post-medieval foreign import another likely explanation.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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