Copper alloy, 42.31 grams; 93.00 mm. Circa 12th - 14th Century A.D. A very large and rare harness mount in the shape of a quatrefoil, inside is a square with the corners protruding from the angles. Inside the square is a depiction of a coronation scene, most probably of God presenting a coronet to the Virgin Mary. The beauty of the religious scene is extenuated with red enamel juxtaposed with blue enamel. Hanging underneath on a hinge is a cross pommee pendant with a central pierced cross. Recorded with the portable antiquity scheme as SWYOR-0761F8. No examples in over 500 on the Portable Antiquities Website and no examples in the book Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk; East Anglian Archaeology 101" by Steven Ashley (2002). Very Fine condition. Ex. Hurst Collection, found Yorkshire.

Amy Cooper FLO for South and West Yorkshire writes: "I will be contacting Irene Szymanski about it. She is a local medievalist...I have added the pendant to the PAS database. It is record number SWYOR-0761F8".

Irene Szymanski, medievalist writes: "I think I can see a male head top left, and a female one top right facing the male, who may be seated. If that's the case, then it'll be a Coronation of the Virgin - God on the left, the Virgin Mary on the right. A very popular mediaeval scene, turning up on things like seal matrices with some regularity. I've never seen one on a pendant before, but I'm not at all surprised to discover an example.