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Description: | A copper-alloy horse harness pendant in the shape of a triangular shield. The 'shield' has rounded shoulders, and Irene Syzmanski has suggested that these point to a date in the first half of the 13th century. The pendant has a suspension loop at the top which is set at an angle to the plane of the pendant. The reverse of the pendant is plain but the obverse is decorated with a series of four depressed chevrons pointing upwards. Traces of enamel remain in the chevron grooves, and underneath the enamel there are some traces of red, probably the coloration from a base used in the enamelling. The enamel itself has a dark blue to green colour. However, Syzmanski has stated that the original colour was probably black, as there are no records of anyone in the Medieval period having used green chevrons on their coat of arms. Irene Syzmanski has suggested that this harness pendant may bear the arms of Richard de Breuse of Stinton in Norfolk. It is currently unclear why the pendant should have been discovered in Hartwell. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1200
1250 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tom Brindle | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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