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Description: | Medieval harness pendant, copper alloy consisting of a trapezoid pendant in the form of a low pyramid with a 4.0mm diameter hole at its apex. This pendant is now broken and is hollow backed with a thin, 0.8mm section. Around its outer edge is a flattened area bearing a row of conjoined C shaped stamp impressions. The pendant is attached to a suspension plate by way of an integrally cast bar terminating in an oval plate through which is a hole to accomodate a transverse pin secured by two projections on the suspension plate which are folded around it. The suspension plate is rectangular (14.5 x 12.0 x 1.2mm) and undecorated. No trace of gilding is present. Harness pendants are generally dated to the thirteenth-fourteenth century but the light nature of this object suggests that it belongs at the end of the sequence. Length (over-all) 45.7mm, Width 24.1mm, Mass 6.21g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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