The Portable Antiquities Scheme, sim johnson, 2011-09-02 14:10:04
Title
Medieval Harness Pendant
Description
English: Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably of late 13th or 14th century date
The harness pendant is complete, but distorted and includes the suspension mount (with an overall distorted length of 54.6mm and a weight of 14.0g). The suspension mount comprises a simple vertical bar (19.6mm long and 7.3mm wide). The mount was attached by an integral rivet (giving an overall depth of 10.1mm). The pendant is hinged between the twin lugs of the mount, secured by a copper alloy axis bar. The pendant is shield shaped (with a distorted length of 43.9mm, a width of 26.5mm and a thickness of 2.2mm). The shield contains three voided lozenge cells (mascules). The interior of the lozenges and the surrounding area or field, is recessed and would have contained enamel but does not survive. The surface is brown with small areas of green patina.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Wokingham
Date
between 1250 and 1400
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 460766 Old ref: PUBLIC-0D5048 Filename: 2010.121.28i.jpg
Credit line
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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