Accession No

1883.760


Description

Copper alloy horse harness pendant, in the shape of a small spoon with the convex forward face decorated with seven engraved lines in a scalloped pattern. Suspension loop at the end of the 'spoon handle', where a pendent hanger was once attached.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England


Period

Medieval


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1883.760


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

32mm


Events

Context (Display)
Previously mounted on plain paper-wrapped display board with handwritten label reading: 'A.83.C.A.S.760. 1883.760/ (bronze). ?Camb. Ant. Soc. 1883'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads: 'ENGLAND Medieval NO PROVENANCE. Bronze pendant, shaped like thick spoon with shell pattern on back.'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Related Documents)
See catalogue card for sketch.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Bronze pendant shaped like thick spoon with shell pattern on back.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Analysis)
See similar example, with pendent hanger attached, recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme; Unique ID: NMS-E59B00.
Event Date 10/11/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy horse harness pendant, in the shape of a small spoon with the convex forward face decorated with seven engraved lines in a scalloped pattern. Suspension loop at the end of the 'spoon handle', where a pendent hanger was once attached.
Event Date 10/11/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:45179

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