MEDIEVAL HARNESS FITTING
The Portable Antiquities Scheme

MEDIEVAL HARNESS FITTING

1100

CC0 — Public Domain
The Portable Antiquities Scheme

Medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant, triangular with concave sides, suspension loop at apex and flat rounded lobes at other corners, front face decorated with rocker-arm engraving within parallel, engraved contour lines around all three sides. The lower right lobe has been bent backwards slightly. Height 52mm. Width 33mm. broadly similar pendants haven found in Quidenham (HER 30362) and Whissonsett (HER 31800). 12th – 13th century.

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