Record ID: LEIC-1F7BF7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy and gold harness pendant, 27mm long, 16mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in poor condition with a green patina and weighs 1.95 grams. The object is fragmentary and has the remains of a suspension loop in the centre of its upper edge. The upper surface is covered with bright green corrosion product and patches of gold. It is decorated with a horizontal incised line just below the loop, from which radiates further lines running down its length. The pendant was probably shield shaped but is now missing most of its edges.
Created on: Monday 9th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-31F5E2
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy and gold harness pendant, 27mm long, 21mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in poor condition with a reddish/brown patina and weighs 5.46grams. The pendant is circular in form and has a worn circular? sectioned suspension fitting. The pendant shows a relief image of a lion with a stylised circular mane which is picked out in gold. This is surrounded by a decorative border also picked out in gold.
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twycross', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-6992B4
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper-alloy harness pendant, 28mm long, 22mm wide and 1mm thick. The object is in poor condition with a brown patina and weighs 2.61 g. The object is circular in form and is slightly dished. It appears to be decorated with several 'swiggly' lines, although the object is quite worn so it may be missing a part of its pattern. It has an integral offset loop, 5.5mm long and 3mm wide.
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-C53116
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy harness pendnat, 315mm long, 28mm wide and 1mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 1.66grams. it consists of a shield shaped body which has traces of a design and patches of gilding present. The pendant hangs from an integral transverse loop 6mm long. The reverse is plain and some of the edges are damaged.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-C59AF1
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, 41mm long, 25mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 11.55grams. The pendant is shield shaped and has a suspension loop which is still attached to its fitting. The fitting consists of two semi-circular lugs which ar attached to an L shaped circular shaft. The object is corroded and no surface decoration can be seen.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2008
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-6534D5
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilded copper alloy harness pendant, 52 mm long and 20 mm wide. The pendant consists of two rectangular plates which are held together by a hinge. The surface has a border of punched circles with further circles filling the interior some of these retain gilding. There is a hole in the centre of both parts of the pendant.
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-BCC881
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A part of early Roman copper alloy military horse harness pendant (Bishop and Coulston 2006, Fig. 70) or a peltate mount (Appels and Laycock 2007, pp. 126). Very similar object, described as military harness pendant, is recorded in the Portable Antiquities and Treasure Annual Report 2008, no 93, and dated to AD 43-100. Due to corrosion the original shape is hard to determine, however it appears that the object might represent an oak leaf with acorn terminals (Appels and Laycock 2007 Fig. AA14.15 and AA14.16). If the object was a pendant, the loop hook is missing. The object is in fair…
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymeswold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-3EF111
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval ? copper alloy harness mount, 40mm long, 28mm wide and 5mm thick. The object is in poor condition and weighs 4.71grams. The object consists of a rectangular shaped plate with two sides retaining a plain raised border. It is decorated with a raised openwork motif which resembles an cresecnt shaped grid with two small triangles at each upper corner. The object has an integral transverse suspension loop.
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-787F35
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy and enamel harness pendant, 32mm long, 25mmm wide and 3mm thick. The object is sub-rhomboid (square with corners aligned top and bottom) in form and is decorated with a central square box containing a backwards facing quadreped, presumambly a lion, picked out in silver on a blue/purple field. This is surrounded by a field of red enamel which contains a fluer de lis emerging from each side of the central square, also picked out in silver. The suspension loop is incomplete and the reverse is plain but has a patch of further silver.
Created on: Friday 26th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 26th August 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-9F8A36
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy and enamel harness pendant, 38mm long, 33mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 12.14g. It is rectangular with an integral suspension loop and also has a small circular hole in the centre of its lower edge, suggesting either a suspended item or a fixing hole to secure it. Its decoration consists of a large bird facing left picked out in blue enamel with its beak and feet, one of which is held in the air, depicted in red. It can be described as 'Or a bird close azure beaked and legged gules'. This pendant is noted as part of a group o…
Created on: Friday 9th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 22nd September 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-D7A018
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper-alloy circular horse-harness pendant and its suspension mount, 42mm long, 26mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 11.69g. The object is circular in form with a rectangular hinged suspension unit. The pendant shows a lion rampant, with a two-forked tail, set in a red enamel background. Where the suspension unit is attached there is a patch of thick gilding, with further patches within the image of the lion suggesting the whole motif was gilded. There is iron staining around the suspension hinge and a copper alloy rivet emerges from the revers…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-F0AC04
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, 34mm long, 33mm wide and 6mm thick. The object is in fair condition but has been folded and weighs 15.35grams. It appears to consist of two rectangular plates which are joind by a hinge mechanism. There is also another section protruding to one side which may be part of a fixing plate. Each of the rectangular plates is decorated with a motif resembling a scallop shell and consisting of sub-rectangular cells filled with white enamel. This sits in a shield (cabuchon) shaped border infilled with red enamel.
Created on: Friday 7th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-9AF705
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy and enamel harness pendant, 39mm long, 27mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brownish patina and weighs 8.79grams. The pendant is shield shaped and is decorated with a blue lion? which has exaggerated clawed feet and a long curving tail. The pendant has the remains of a suspension loop in the centre of its upper edge.
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-344ED2
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy and enamel harness pendant, 25mm long, 23mm wid and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 3.56grams. The object is incomplete, having a sub rectangular form, with one possible orginal straight edge and no sign of a suspension loop. The object is decorated with three clear recessed crowns with trefoil terminals which are set in a bed of blue enamel. See Ashley (2002, 21; nos 197, 198), for the similar arms of the bishopric of Ely; the blue background here suggests that this relates to Bury St Edmunds
Created on: Monday 14th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-48DED6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy and gold harness pendant, 34mm long, 23mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in good condition with a brown patina and weighs 5.96grams. The pendant is rectangular in form and each corner has what appears to have been a tri-lobed protrusion, all are now damaged. There is a small sub rectangular protrusion in the centre of each side, with one forming the attachment for a suspsension loop. The centre of the pendant has a scutiform void which may have been filled with enamel and which retains small patches of gilding. Surronding this is an area of gilding which has a…
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-568401
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, 39mm long 26mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 5grams. The pendant is shield shaped and appears to be decorated with the plantagenet lions. There are patches of red enamel still visible and the outline of a pattern can be seen in places. The object has a sub circular suspension loop and is plain on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 22nd May 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-8FEBE6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy and enamel harness pendant, 29mm long, 20mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in a poor condition with a brown patina and weighs 2.82grams. The object consists of a worn lozenge shaped pendant, the lower part of which is missing. It has the remains of a very worn suspension loop on its upper tip. It is decorated with part of a white enamel lion passant?
Created on: Monday 30th June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-E51CC5
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy and gold harness pendant, 42mm long, 24mm wide and 7mm thick. The object is in poor condition with a brownish patina and weighs 4.20 grams. The pendant is circular in form and is slightly domed with a hollow reverse. The only decoration remaining is the faint outline of a ring of raised dots running around its edge. The surface has patches of gilding and is missing a small part of its area. It has an integral suspension loop which is aligned 90o to the main body, 7mm wide and 18mm long. It is oval in form and has a small circular hole in its centre.
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-387565
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, 36mm long, 20mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in a poor condition with a brown patina and weighs 5.42grams. The object is shield shaped and has lost most of its original surface, but may have a slight trace of gilding intact. It has a suspension loop which is circular at its top, but tapers to a point where it joins the main body. This has a circular hole, 2mm in diameter, in its centre.
Created on: Monday 16th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-A76A10
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, 43mm long, 31mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in good condition with a brown/green patina and weighs 11.59 grams. The object has a rombus (diamond) form and has an integral suspension loop 6mm in diameter. The decoration is very fine and consists of an ornate red lion standing on its hind legs. This is contained in a white border, consisting of a six petalled flower in each corner which is joined by a row of three solid semi-circles.
Created on: Friday 15th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 28th September 2017
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