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Description: | A copper alloy shield shaped horse harness pendant from the medieval period, probably the thirteenth or fourteenth century. The pendant has a pointed base and curved sides with a flat top. It is 30.4mm long and 23.5mm wide. The decorated face is odd. It appears to have an enamelled background, but the designs are all hollow as if whatever material they contained has worn away. The background may have been blue originally. There are three bendlets across the shield between six lions rampant. There is no evidence of the colours. It has not been possible to match this design to a family. Some similar designs can be found, but none with three equally sized bendlets. The normal suspension lug has not survived though the top edge of the pendant does seem to be damaged. The metal is dark brown in colour and is badly pitted. Similar heraldic horse harness pendants can be seen in Cherry (1991) in Saunders (ed) Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 1. Harness pendants are generally dated from the twelfth to the fourteenth century, with circular and openwork examples predominating the twelfth century, more varied types in the thirteenth and fourteenth century including the enamelled and heraldic types more commonly (Griffiths, 1995, 'The Medieval Horse and its Equipment').
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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