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Description: | Medieval horse harness pendant and stud for suspension. Both very corroded. Gilt circular stud with a shank on the reverse and twin loops at the base containing an iron pin and a pendant. The quatrefoil pendant retains traces of gilding and red and blue enamel. Blazon: Gules a lion rampant Or (on a lozengiform field from each side of which springs a fleur-de-lis Or into each foil Azure). Probably allusive for ENGLAND and FRANCE. Cf. similar examples in Ashley (2002) 23 and fig.21, 203-5. 14th century.
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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