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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Harness Pendant of Medieval date (AD 1200-1400). The object is composed of a central lentoid plate with four projecting sub-rectangular lobes and an upper projecting rectangular spur which terminates in a bifurcated end which would have formed an attachment loop. The lower face of the object is smooth and undecorated. The upper face is decorated with an outer linear and inner pellet border the central motif is a quatrefoil or cross. Each of the four projection lobes has a repeating curvilinear decoration creating a scalloped surface.The upper face retains a minor amount of red probable enamel within the central motif and gilding to the outer aspects.The metal is a light green in colour with a pitted patinaClark (1995), P 65, no 63
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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