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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy shield shaped horse harness pendant of Medieval date (AD 1300-1500). The object has a projecting tapered and perforated spur for suspension. The device on the face is an incised, stylized foliate design with an incised outer boarder which respects the outline of the pendant with inner repeating chevrons. The incised portion retains gilt and appears to have been picked out in gilt rather than the entire surface of the object. The upper edge of the object has a projecting, integral suspension loop. The reverse of the object is undecorated.The object has been modified via a central, circular perforation which has likely been used to modify the object into a harness mount. The object is missing a small portion of it upper left hand edge.The metal is light green in colour with a slightly pitted patina.Length: 52.38mm, Width: 36.16mm, Thickness: 2.41mm, Weight: 10.20g.Clark, P 64, no 47
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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