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Description: | A copper-alloy horse-harness pendant and suspension mount The shield is 40mm long, 33.3mm wide and 2.9mm thick. It is attached via a hinge to a square-sectioned pointed spike. The device on the shield is a leftward-facing lion rampant in blue enamel on what was originally a field of gold; some gilding remains.These heraldic pendants were common in the 13th and 14th centuries. It is unlikely that they were used directly by the nobility whose arms they depicted, but were instead derived from parts of these arms and used to mark possessions, eg horses, or as badges of allegiance to these nobles. The blue lion on a yellow background suggests a connection to the Percy family, powerful nobles in Yorkshire and Northumberland. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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