Sheet silver pendant, diam. originally c. 2.5cm, but much damaged. Repoussé imitation of beaded wire rim, and inside this repoussé decoration consisting of two snakes with 3-strand interlinked bodies each biting the other's tail. They have 3-strand bodies, debased heads, with U-shaped jaws almost detached, the lower jaw curling under and back on itself. The whole mounted on wax, and a possible fragment of plain loop stuck on probably in wrong place. Style looks very Sandinavian, cf. Vendel etc.Grave 241? In favour of the identification also is the size, exactly 1 inch diam., the style of the rim, and the fact that there is an original label for this piece 'Kingston 1772'. Nothing else in the 1772 graves to fit.
History
Grave ID
Kingston Down Grave 241
Object ID
M6371
Catalogue Number
M 6371
Material
white metal (Sonia Hawkes Material Notes; silver) (Antiquarian Material; silver)
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other pendant (Sonia Hawkes Keyword; pendant) (Antiquarian Keyword; neck ornament)