HARNESS PENDANT

Unique ID: LIN-6751A4

Object type certainty: Certain
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A gilt copper-alloy horse harness pendant. The pendant is in two pieces; a quatrefoil frame with a matching pendant that swings freely within the frame.

The frame is in the form of a quatrefoil with a small externally protruding rib in each angle. The frame is triangular in cross-section. The top of the frame forms the suspension loop, below which the frame is pierced on either side to secure the pendant. The pendant is also in the form of a quatrefoil, comprising a square centre with four bulbous arms surrounding it. In the centre is a large bulbous headed copper-alloy rivet with a circular-sectioned shank that passes through the centre of the reverse.

The front has been gilded.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1300

Dimensions and weight

Length: 31 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Quantity: 1

Personal details

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Gilded [scope notes | view all attributed records]

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Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: North Kesteven
To be known as: Sleaford

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]

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