The Portable Antiquities Scheme
MEDIEVAL PENDANT
1350
Copper alloy pendant. A tiny object resembling a miniature version of a harness pendant; its small size might suggest its use on either harness or even personal adornment. A gently concavo-convex plate of pelta form bears a top loop at right angles to its display plane. The display face of the plate is gilded, and appears to include a design of finely defined rays or lines. The shape may recall that of a cockleshell. Suggested dte: Late Medieval, 1350-1500.Height: 17.7mm, Width: 12.7mm, Thickness (plate): 0.7mm, Weight: 0.81gms.
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