Record ID: NMGW-FB2846
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably of late 13th or 14th century date The harness pendant is near-complete, missing only the top of the loop, but has very poor surface preservation. The pendant has a surviving length of 39.06mm and has a weight of 4.8g. The loop has a surviving depth of 5.53mm. The pendant is shield-shaped with small traces of enamel surviving. There is the suggestion of a diagonal strip across the shield (bend), within the strip a small amount of red enamel (Gules) survives. Outside the strip (sinister chief and dexter base) are traces of blue enamel (Azu…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2013
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Record ID: NMGW3200
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Enamelled, shield-shaped horse harness pendant. Type I (Ward Perkins 1940, 118, fig.38). The pendant is cast in copper alloy (probably bronze) with an integral suspension loop, which is now slightly twisted. It is decorated with a heraldic device of a lion rampant possibly with a double tail on a background of blue enamel. Although ancient enamels can change their colour as a consequence of burial, microscopic study shows that blue was the enamels original colour. Microscopic examination also indicated that the unenamelled surfaces of the pendant were probably gilded. Traces of this p…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3324
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy, shield-shaped harness pendant with an integrally cast suspension loop and decorated with a bird of prey facing left motif which has been recessed, presumably to take enamel. No trace of the applied enamel apparently survives. The pendant is probably of fourteenth or fifteenth century date. Unfortunately, without knowing the original colours of the applied enamel, it is not possible to identify the heraldic device depicted on the pendant. Identified from a scanned image.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3352
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Enamelled, shield-shaped horse harness pendant. Type I (Ward Perkins 1940, 118, fig.38). The pendant is cast in copper alloy (probably bronze) with an integral suspension loop, which is now slightly bent. It is decorated with a heraldic device made up of three chevrons. Although ancient enamels can change their colour as a consequence of burial, microscopic study suggests that the recessed chevrons may have originally been decorated with red enamel. The pendant is corroded and its sinister side is damaged. Height 43mm, width 27mm, thickness 2mm.
Created on: Friday 26th October 2001
Last updated: Friday 20th November 2020
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Record ID: NMGW3358
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy horse harness pendant with an integral suspension loop and curved, sloping shoulders. Only a corroded fragment of the pendant survives and it is not possible to identify its original form with certainty; however, the extant sloping shoulders suggest that it may be an example of a Type V, quatrefoil pendant (Ward Perkins 1940, 118, fig.38). No evidence of decoration survives; however, the pendant is perforated by a sub-rectangular fixing hole c.11mm below the suspension loop suggesting that it may have been embellished with an appliqué mount or stud. Survivin…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-33A763
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Shield-shaped harness pendant, complete, but the surface has been lost, making it impossible to discern any of the original design. The upper edge is convex, rather than flat, giving the pendant a rounded appearance, differing from the traditional shield-shape. The attachment loop is present and has its axis at right angles to that of the pendant. The perforation is filled with iron corrosion suggesting the pendant was secured to the suspension mount by an iron pin. The reverse of the piece has a black patina with traces of silver surviving in patches, suggesting the pendant may have …
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-D78DC0
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy harness pendant of Medieval date. The pendant is of elaborate quatrefoil form and is slightly concave in profile. The suspension loop is at right angles to the body of the pendant. The pendant is very corroded with none of the original surface or decoration surviving.
Created on: Monday 16th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-1D2153
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval two-piece harness pendant, probably of 14th or 15th century date. The pendant has a central sexfoil swivel. Each of the arms of the central swivel are tear-shaped and meet at the centre. Areas of gilding survive on both the swivel and the frame, but no other surface decoration survives. There is the suggestion of a deliberate red or vermilion coating lying on top of the gilding between the arms of the swivel. The sexfoil frame has slight mouldings between each of the rounded arms. The central swivel is attached to the frame by a circular copper alloy pin below the square ended…
Created on: Thursday 19th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-2E84A1
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Two piece copper alloy harness pendant with an interior swivelling sexfoil pendant, probably of Late Medieval date. The surface of the pendant has been lost and no traces of gilding survive. The obverse of the pendant is concave with a central perforation. The sexfoil frame has evidence of slightly protruding ribs between each arm. The central pendant is attached to the frame by an iron rivet. The suspension mount is missing.
Created on: Friday 20th June 2003
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2EDDB7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast harness pendant probably dating to the 13th or 14th century. The pendant has a cruciform design with slender sub triangular arms terminating in prominent domed lobes. The suspension loop has broken through the attachment hole in antiquity. The rear of the piece is flat and is slightly concave. Cruciform pendants may be connected with clerics, although they may indicate private devotion (Griffiths 1995)
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E76C54
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gilt and enamelled two piece copper alloy harness pendant, probably of 14th or 15th century date. Sexfoil frame with rounded lobes divided by a moulding. The pendant was suspended from a small looped terminal. The inner pendant swivels from a hinge below the suspension loop. The inner sexfoil pendant also has rounded lobes around an enamelled central section. Traces of blue enamel survive within a circular frame; the enamel was originally inlaid into a design, which can not now be deciphered. The rear of the piece is flat.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-902393
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant of Medieval date, probably dating from the 13th to the 14th century. The pendant is shield shaped, but with a rounded rather than a pointed bottom edge. Little of the original surface survives and none of the colouring, but the pendant depicts [Gules] three lions passant guardant [Or]. The pendant is slightly convex along its length and the attachment loop is incomplete.
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2003
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-B77736
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval horse harness pendant, probably of 13th or 14th century date. The pendant is missing the attachment loop at the top, and much of the surface has corroded. The pendant is of quatrefoil form with little of the central motif surviving, but it appears to depict an:- Argent four legged beast passant Gules A vertical line bisects the beast beginning at the base of the pendant and extending as far as the top lobe, where it appears embellished. Traces of red enamel survive around the beast and silvering survives on an area at the rear of the beast and the border.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E965C3
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilded copper alloy hinged fitting of uncertain date and function, but possibly Medieval. The fitting is composed of two pieces, an attachment plate and a small tongue, which may be eroded and broken. The attachment plate is rectangular with two rivet holes, one of which retains its copper alloy rivet. The plate is hinged to a sub-rectangular plate by an iron pin. The plate is without attachment holes or lugs with the remnants of relief decoration near the top. Both pieces have traces of gilding on the surfaces. It is possible that find represents a small fragment of a Medieval harnes…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-A83295
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant probably dating from the late 13th to 14th century. The pendant is shield-shaped and in profile, is slightly convex across the width. The suspension loop is present and, as is usual for the type, is at right angles to the axis of the pendant. The surface of the pendant has been lost, but a series of eight raised horizontal mouldings survive. The mouldings may have been gilt, while the areas between, may have held enamel.
Created on: Friday 30th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-97D251
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of 12th or 13th century date The pendant is of circular, domed form and is complete but is without its suspension mount (with an overall length of 32.5mm and a weight of 4.0g). The oval loop is perpendicular to the mount axis (with a depth of 7.8mm, a thickness of 2-3mm and an internal diameter of 2.9mm). The pendant is sub-circular and domed (25.2mm wide, 23.5mm wide and 5.8mm deep) of sheet metal (0.4mm thick). There is no suggestion of any heraldic device on the pendant. The surface of the pendant is heavily-corroded with remnant traces of…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-3523A7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably of later 12th or early 13th century date The pendant is near-complete, missing the top of the loop (with a surviving length of 34.0mm and a weight of 8.2g). The damaged loop (with a surviving length of 5mm, a surviving width of 5.2mm and a thickness of 0.8mm - 2.6mm) was perpendicular to the axis of the pendant. The pendant is of lozenge form (28mm long, 26.3mm wide and 1.8mm - 3.6mm thick). The pendant is decorated with a comparatively slender rampant lion in cast relief. The field surrounding the lion is decorated with punched dots …
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-35BBEC
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of 13th or 14th century date The pendant is of figurative type, in the form of a bird and is complete, although the suspension mount is not attached (with a length of 32.7mm and a weight of 3.6g). At the apex is the single loop from the hinge, perpendicular to the axis of the pendant but now slightly distorted (with a length of 8.1mm, a width of 5.6mm, a thickness of 1.3mm - 2.3mm and a diameter of 1.5mm). There is the suggestion of iron staining around the perforation. The bird is likely to be an eagle displayed and has openwork decoration aro…
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-C83B22
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval enamelled copper alloy harness pendant with the suspension mount of 13th or 14th century date The harness pendant is complete with its hinged suspension mount (with an overall length of 54.9mm and a weight of 17.9g). The suspension mount is of T-shaped form (with a length of 20.9mm, a width of 20.9mm and a thickness of 5.0mm). The mount was attached using two integral, circular sectioned rivets (4-5mm diameter, 3.5mm high and giving the mount a depth of 7.5mm). Both arms of the mount are bevelled towards the centre, giving a sub-triangular section (8.7mm wide and 4.3mm t…
Created on: Monday 1st December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th November 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-F825D6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval enamelled copper alloy shield-shaped harness pendant of 13th or 14th century date The shield-shaped pendant is heavily-corroded and incomplete (with a surviving overall length of 38.9mm and a weight of 4.8g). The pendant was hinged to a missing suspension mount by the loop at the apex, now truncated (with a surviving height of 10.2mm high, a surviving depth of 5.5mm and 0.5mm - 2.6mm thick) with a circular perforation (3.7mm diameter). The shield-shaped pendant (28.6mm long, 22.3mm wide and 1.3mm - 2.5mm thick) is truncated and battered. The decorative device was heraldi…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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