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Description: | A complete copper-alloy rectangular heraldic banner which would have been part of an elaborate set of harness fittings. Similar banners, although with different heraldic devices, displayed are illustrated by Ahsley (2002, 25, fig 24, no 238-240). He explains that this banner would originally have been attached to an iron rod projecting vertically from the centre of a copper-alloy mount with two rectangular openings, probably for leather straps to pass through. The banner measures 42.3mm in length and 29.3mm in width, it is flat and c3.2mm in thickness. Along one long edge there is an integral cylindrical shaft which is hollow, allowing it to be pushed over the vertical iron rod. The banner is decorated on both faces with what appears to be a lion rampant which is recessed and has traces od red enamel within it, the Lion has a three forked tail. The field surrounding the lions has traces of gilding visible. The heraldry is therefore Or a Lion rampant gules. An very similar banner also with a lion rampant on both faces is in the Salisbury Museum it has been dated to the 14th century (Cherry 1991, part 1, 21, 25, fig 2, no 12), the rampant lion is a very common heraldic device, however a harness pendant with Or a lion rampant gules has been attributed by Ahsley (2002, 37) to the Felbrigg family of Felbrigg Norfolk.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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