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Unique ID: LANCUM-B65172
Object type certainty: Certain
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Cast copper-alloy hinged harness pendant with suspension mount dating to the Medieval period 1200AD-1400AD. The mount consists of a convex circular disc with a flat reverse; a protruding lug is cast to each side, each perforated with a rivet hole. Both lugs are now damaged but may originally have been rectangular or D-shaped. The pendant disc is similar but slightly smaller; each disc has a blue enamelled design consisting of six blue triangles radiating from the centre, alternating with six plain triangles which each have a textured surface made up of of many small raised dots. The mount has a double cast projection between the lugs and the pendant has a single projection, all pierced to take a hinge bar (probably of iron) on which the two elements hinge or pivot. The length of the set is 53mm, the width is 25mm.
There is no immediately obvious parallel among harness pendants on the PAS database, but there are other mounts with projecting lugs at KENT-55705E and ~~SF-628C71, both thought to be 12th- or early 13th-century in date.
Notes:
Photos from finder.
Class:
heraldic
Sub class: set
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1350
Quantity: 1
Length: 53 mm
Width: 25 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 5th April 2016 - Saturday 5th March 2016
This object was found at Brampton and Longtown Rotary Club Rally 2016
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
4 Figure: NY4559
Four figure Latitude: 54.92264621
Four figure longitude: -2.85966254
1:25K map: NY4559
1:10K map: NY45NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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