This beautiful bronze pendant is a meticulous replica of a similar item that was unearthed by a metal detector user in Somerset, in the United Kingdom.
Crafted in the form of a lion rampant, a heraldic symbol of strength and power, the original item has been dated to some time in the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries. As was customary at the time, it was likely one of many hundred matched pendants that were hung as ornamentation from a horse's harness
It is a truly stunning image: hundreds upon hundreds of identical pendants, all lined up in rows along the straps and reigns of a horse harness, bouncing and gleaming with the movement of the horse! ... Until one token eventually falls, trodden into the mud, only to lay there for the next 650 years.
That lost token is now brought back to life, cast in jewellery-grade ancient bronze (copper and tin only), using a hand-sculpted master mould and the lost-wax method. We create our masters based on detailed study of archaeological items, then cast and hand-finish each piece in Sydney.
The overall dimensions of the frame are 34 x 19 x 3mm.
Bronze jewellery can be left to develop a natural patina with use, or polished regularly to retain the shine of a new piece.
