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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy probably Medieval pendant hanger component, dating from the c. 13th-14th century AD. The portion of the object remaining formed a middle piece, which would have secured the pendant itself to the harness pendant mount bar above. The object consists of a circular suspension loop with circular suspension hole running parallel to the outer surface of the pendant 'arm' or plate below; the pendant plate is rectangular, with a bifurcated harness pendant hanger below. The bifurcated pendant hanger has to symmetrical suspension loops with circular rivets; these would have held the pendant into place. All three suspension loops still contain fragments of iron rivets within the holes. The main portion of the hanger component, the rectangular hanger plate, is flat and rectangular in cross-section, with incised hash-marking across its entire outer surface, which has been gilt, with possibly a narrow perimeter border edge on all sides also created by gilding. The reverse of the pendant hanger has been damaged severely, but traces of gilding are visible on the reverse. Further gilding is also visible on the suspension loops and the narrow sides of the object, suggesting that this item was meant to have been viewed from all sides. It measures 32.03 mm long, 7.96 mm wide at plate, 9.04 mm wide at bifurcated suspension loop end, 2.36 mm thick at plate, 5.9 mm thick at bifurcated suspesion loop end, 5.44 m thick at upper suspension loop; it weighs 3.17 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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