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Description: | A cast copper alloy shield-shaped harness pendant. The suspension loop is broken, and the artefact is in poor-fair condition. The surface is corroded, with a dark green-brown colour. Some of the enamel survives on the face. There is a horizontal red bar across the centre (fess gules). Above this are two birds (probably popinjays), which seem to be off-white, and below the bar is a third. The background colour (field) is not known. I. Szymanski has tentatively identified this as possibly being the arms of the Marmaduke or Thweng families. This artefact dates to the 13th or 14th century. (Recorded from a photograph).
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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