Record ID: DOR-D3F907
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy heraldic harness pendant with enamel decoration. The pendant is shield shaped with a straight top and convex sides which meet at a point at the bottom. From the middle of the top edge projects a transverse suspension loop. On the front is moulded design of six crosses pommee divided by a horizontal bend. There are in chief  and three below the bend. The field retains some of the original red coloured enamel. The rear of the pendant is flat and undecorated. Date: Medieval - c.  1200 - 1400 Dimensions: 44.58 …
Created on: Monday 17th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 27th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-C133A7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy harness pendant. The pendant has an approximately square central plate with integrally cast, flat lobes at all four corners and the midpoint of each of the sides (eight in total). The corner lobes are moulded, stylised fleurs de lys. The lobes along the sides are rectangular and undecorated. The upper one of these is slightly thicker and extends into the integrally cast suspension loop. The loop is damaged. It is set at a right angle to the plate and was originally rounded with a circular aperture. The plate has a design of a double-headed eagle displayed at th…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-510218
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy harness pendant with a separate pendant frame. The pendant is an elaborated sexfoil with a large circular centre and six rounded lobes. At the top is a projecting suspension loop which attached the pendant into the sexfoil frame by means of an iron rivet. The frame has a rectangular box-like projection at the top and the loop of the pendant extends into it. The iron rivet passes through both sides of the box and suspension loop there is iron corrosion product around the loop and on the exterior of the box which has fixed the loop in to place so that it no longer articu…
Created on: Friday 5th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th November 2021
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Record ID: DOR-50FF3D
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy horse harness pendant and suspension mount. The pendant is enammelled and both the n=suspension mount and pendant are gilded. The pendant is shield-shaped with a suspension loop projecting from the centre of the upper, flat edge. The loop set at a right angle to the shield and is attached with a single, possibly iron rivet passing through the suspension loop and the two projecting pierced lobed of the T-shaped suspension mount. The suspension mount has a rectangular bar at the top from which the pierced lobes project. At the rear of this bar are two integral, circular s…
Created on: Friday 5th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th November 2021
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Record ID: DOR-50FD3C
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy harness pendant. The incomplete, elongated lozingiform plate is of thin sheet metal. It is undecorated on both faces The pendant has an integral suspension loop at the apex, set at right angles to the plate. There is a single circular hole at the centre of the plate. The one of the side angles is missing and the lower angle is damaged. Both faces are undecorated. Date: Medieval - c. 1200 - 1400 Dimensions: 54.28 mm x 24.89 mm x 7.08 mm Weight: 5.25 g Although of different shapes, there are several examples of harness pendants with sheet metal pl…
Created on: Friday 5th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th November 2021
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Record ID: WILT-44E5C8
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval copper alloy pendant, probably horse harness, dating to c AD 1200 - 1400. Ward-Perkins Type 1. It is shield shaped with a loop on a short stalk, at ninety degrees to the face of the shield. It is probably pseudo-heraldic (decorative) but has lightly moulded into its face a quite complex motif. A chevron lies across the centre with three indistinct devices within it, perhaps florals or quatrefoils. In the upper field are sets of three devices, one in each corner (six in chief), and in the lower field a set of four of the same fur ermine (four in the base). The d…
Created on: Monday 11th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: DOR-1CC940
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy harness pendant. The pendant is a quatrefoil plate with the broken integral suspension loop projecting from the outer edge of one of the foils. The front face of the plate is corroded, but is decorated with a relief design with enamelled recesses, The design is indistinct. There are traces of blue enamel and possible gilding.The rear face is heavily corroded and apparently undecorated. The suspension loop is set at a right angle to the plate and has been broken at the rear. Date: Medieval - c. 1280 - 1350 Dimensions: 28.8 mm x 21.7 mm x 3.6 mm Weight: …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2021
Last updated: Saturday 10th July 2021
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Record ID: DOR-81B6F6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy enamelled harness pendant. the pendant is a quatrefoil with an integral loop projecting from the upper foil. It is decorated with a raised, pointed, flat-topped shield with a moulded Roman cross with trefid ends. There is red enamel in the recesses around the cross. The foils flanking and at the top of the raised shield are decorated with moulded long-necked, long-tailed creatures, probably birds.The loop is oval with a small circular aperture. The rear is flat and undecorated. Date: Medieval - 1300 - 1400 Dimensions: 29.74 mm x 22.14 mm x 3.01 mm Weight: 5.82 g …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Last updated: Friday 12th March 2021
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Record ID: DOR-C4E992
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy harness pendant. It comprises a squared, quatre-lobed plate with an integral loop in the upper edge and a central circular hole. The plate is of sheet metal and has a domed lobe at each of the four corners, each hollowed at the rear (two lobes are complete and two are damaged). There is a small angled projection between the lobes on the lower edge and two sides. Between the lobes on the top edge is a triangular projection which extends into the oval suspension loop with a circular pierced hole. In the centre of the plate is a circular pierced hole. Date: M…
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
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Record ID: DOR-8E3D24
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy cast gilded and enamelled harness pendant, dating to c. AD 1250 - 1350. The pendant is rectangular with lobed corners.At the top is a rounded suspension loop set at right angles to the body of the pendant and projecting forwards. It has a small circular pierced hole. At the centre is a lozengiform central boss, decorated with a reserve metal cross on a field of dark, blueish enamel. The rounded lobes at each of the corners retain traces of indistinct moulded decoration. There are patches of gilding round the suspensions loop and on the front and rear of the pe…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2019
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Record ID: SOM-A2906A
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant probably dating to cAD1150 - 1400. The main plate was originally sub-rectangular with a rectangular curut out from one upper corner and a curved cut out on the opposite edge leading to a rounded lower corner. It has been badly damaged with all four corners now curved inwards in an irregular manner. An integral transverse suspension loop projects from the top edge with a circular piercing through the flat, oval in profile, end. There are areas with an olive-green and green surface which suggests possible decayed gilding but the rest of the surface,…
Created on: Tuesday 24th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 2nd December 2019
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Record ID: DOR-C9B4B6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy harness pendant. An oval plate with four rounded lobes projecting from the edge creating a quatrefoil (two of the lobes are broken). At the top is an integrally cast suspension loop which tapers from the plate to the top where the head is expanded at right angles to the plate into an oval loop with a large circular hole. At the centre of the plate is a sub-circular hole. There is no decoration visible on either face of the plate and there is extensive loss of the original surface. The central hole may have been for the attachment of a separate decorative ele…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th July 2019
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Record ID: WILT-ECF22E
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy horse harness pendant, dating to 1200-1400. The pendant is an openwork lozenge in plan, with hemispherical bosses at each point; the latter have a concave reverse. A transverse attachment loop projects from the top of the pendant. Measurements: 36.2mm in length, 28.3mm in width 4.2 mm thick (loop not included in thickness) it weighs 6.10g Cf. NMS-5AD565, HAMP2067.
Created on: Thursday 21st February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: WILT-EC8631
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant, dating to AD 1200-1400. The pendant consists of a quatrefoil plate with moulded decoration. A central shield is left reserved against the recessed field, with this quartered by a reserved cross pattee against a red enamel inlay in the recessed cells in each angle. The cross appears to have a white metal coating. The point of the shield continues into the lower lobe of the quatrefoil, in the upper and side lobes there are moulded reserved bird-like animals, each depicted looking back over its shoulder. By comparison to other examples (see …
Created on: Thursday 21st February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: DOR-5A0BC8
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy horse harness pendant. The plate is trapezoidal in shape and has a circular hole pierced through it towards the lower edge. There are traces of possible decoration on one face, but the surface is too corroded to be certain of what this comprises. At the centre of the upper edge is a suspension loop with a small circular hole, two of the corners of the plate have been bent inwards. Date: Medieval - c. 1200 - 1400 Dimensions: 42.25 mm x 29.27 mm x 0.75 mm Weight: 5.44 g A similar harness pendant is recorded in database record SWYOR-32BA40
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Record ID: DOR-72EACE
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete sheet copper-alloy harness pendant and suspension mount. The suspension mount is formed from a sub-triangular piece of cut sheet metal which is now torn along one side. At the bottom is an oval folded tab with a central truncated lozengiform aperture which housed a copper alloy axis bar for the attachment of the harness pendant. The pendant is sub-square with an attachment loop in the centre of the upper edge and a circular perforation in the centre of the lower edge. Both the mount and the pendant are decorated with a raised diagonal cross hatch pattern. On the upper ed…
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7EF555
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper-alloy harness pendant of medieval date, broken through the top of the apex loop but otherwise complete. The form of the artefact is that of an 'elaborate quatrefoil' (Ward Perkins's (1940, 118) Type V), that is, with lozengiform protrusions between the semicircles. Central on one of the semicircles is the suspension loop with sub-circular perforation, now broken; it is perpendicular to the main body of the pendant. The object is slightly curved in profile. Its upper surface is decorated using a form of champlevé enamelling, in so far as enamel surrounds moulded elements…
Created on: Wednesday 7th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
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Record ID: DOR-35CA11
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy harness pendant. A circular plate with a pierced suspension loop at the top. The front of the plate is decorated with an incised design of three fish, a smaller fish in the centre, thead upwards, flanked by two larger fish, heads down. There are traces of possible gilding on the front. The rear of the plate is flat and undecorated. Date:Medieval - 1175 - 1400 Dmensions: 32.47 mm x 23.07 mm x 2.58 mm Weight: 7.57 g
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-6C92F4
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy horse harness pendant, circular in plan and hemi-sperical in profile, with a hollow back. The suspension loop is perpendicular to the pendant and has a narrow neck, that is 3 mm thick and 5 mm wide, and a curved apex with a circular hole that is 2.8 mm in diameter. It is plain on both surfaces with no traces of gilding, but the original surface has corroded away. Read (2001) illustrates a similar harness pendant on page 56, fig.35, no.438, which is dated from the 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th March 2017
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Record ID: DOR-B92BB5
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy harness pendant in the form of an eagle displayed. The decorative detail is cast in relief on the front of the mount. The stylised bird's head is turned to the left and its wings are partially folded at its sides. The beak is curved and joins on to the top of the left wing creating circular aperture. The tail points downward and is flanked by its legs. Details of the feathers on the breast, tail, wings and tail have been picked out and there are traces of gilding on the front. The rear is flat and undecorated. Projecting from the head is a pierced suspension loop se…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd January 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 4th January 2017
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