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Description: | Medieval harness pendant; incomplete cast copper alloy harness pendant of quatrefoil shape with enamelled decoration dating to the late 14th or early 15th century. It is formed as a quatrefoil plate with angled projections at the junctions of the four lobes. There are the remains of a suspension loop extending from the top of the plate. The pendant is decorated on the front with a lion advancing right. The lion is on a square field of red enamel. Each of the four lobes of the quatrefoil has a triple linear motif, similar to a crude lys. These are backed with blue enamel. The angular projections between the lobes are decorated with red enamel.
This is a known decorative design, discussed by Nick Griffiths in ??The Medieval Horse and its Equipment??. He points out that it combines the lion of England with the lys of France. These elements were combined in the Arms of England after 1340, thus suggesting the late 14th century date for this pendant.
Length 32.5mm, width 32.0mm, thickness 2.8mm, weight 11.63g
Griffiths ??Harness pendants and associated fittings?? in ??The Medieval Horse and its Equipment?? (pp. 61-71, nos. 62-64 and 81)
See also DENO-3909D1 which is very similar | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rohde, Anja | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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