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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: KENT-371B7A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete worn enamelled copper-alloy quatrilobed shaped harness pendant of Medieval date, c. 1150-1450 (Clark 1995, 62).
The object is quatrilobed with an integral, projecting upper suspension loop. The face is decorated with a repeating raised pattern consisting of four red enamelled sexfoils without a central pellet, giving the pattern a floral form. There is a dark enamel (which may originally have been cobalt blue) band dividing the flowers and respecting the raised surrounding border which respects the form of the object. The remaining space on the face appears to have been gilded or silvered as seen from a few specs of surviving silver/gold specs. The back of the object is slightly concave and undecorated.
The metal where not decorated is mottled various shades of dark green with areas of light green corrosion.
Measurements: 34.42mm high, 25.65mm wide, 6.62mm thick and 8.59g in weight.
Notes:
Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Database: BERK-5D0469, WILT-BB2D8E, DOR-3CE4E6 and DUR-CDF0C4 9 (which is a particularly similar example).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 34.42 mm
Width: 25.65 mm
Thickness: 6.62 mm
Weight: 8.59 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Ripple (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR3549
Four figure Latitude: 51.19187356
Four figure longitude: 1.36185086
1:25K map: TR3549
1:10K map: TR34NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark, J. | 1995 | The Medieval Horse and its Equipment c.1150 - c.1450 | London | HMSO |
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