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Description: | A copper-alloy medieval harness suspension mount and attached pendant, 36.27mm in total length. The suspension mount has a rounded boss with an integral rivet projecting from its back face for attachment to a leather strap, the lower half of the mount has two parallel loops with an iron bar through them from which the pendant is suspended.The pendant is quatrefoil in shape and the suspension loop set at right angles to the plane of the pendant, it is 30.4mm in length and 19mm in width. It has a heraldic device depicting gules a lion passant guardant Or (that is a red enamel background with a gilt lion walking with a fore-paw raised with its face looking outwards) within a a central square around this there are fleur de lis within each lobe of the quatrefoil, which are gilt with blue enamel surviving behind them. This device is a version of those used for England and was perhaps used by an English Royal Offical, the arms are English rather than English and French or French due to the background of the fleur de lis being azure.
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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