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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: SUSS-7F5122
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Medieval harness pendant, 13th-14th century, with red enamelled design AD.1250-1400. The pendant has worn to an almost circular shape with a pointed projection forming the remains of the suspension loop. Originally it would have been a quatrefoil tressure in shape with four projections in each of the angles. The front carries a heraldic design formed of a square recess, now missing its enamel filling with fleur de lys projecting from each side, this is set against a red enamel field. The reverse of the object is undecorated.
This pendant corresponds to Griffiths 1986, fig.6 and is dated to the 13th to 14th century.
Ref. Griffiths, N. 1986 Horse Harness Pendants FRG datasheet 5.
Class: Heraldic
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.09 mm
Width: 19.37 mm
Thickness: 2.52 mm
Weight: 4.06 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: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
Parish or ward: Wartling (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ6611
Four figure Latitude: 50.87466168
Four figure longitude: 0.35804211
1:25K map: TQ6611
1:10K map: TQ61SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffiths, N. | 1986 | Horse Harness Pendants | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 5 | fig.6 |
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