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Description: | Medieval copper alloy harness pendant. Quatrefoil shaped with a rounded knop in each angle (a barbed quatrefoil). The central motif is a lion facing left with one front leg raised, on a square background of red enamel. There is a trefoil/lis leading off from each side of the square, set against a background of blue enamel. There are traces of silvering on the obverse, in the areas not covered by enamel. The loop is worn thin and broken at the top. Similarly shaped quatrefoil mounts with angular projections from London are published by Griffiths (in Clark 1995), no.62-64. No 62 is from a context dated to 1270-1350 while the others are undated. No. 64 also has an heraldic design, of the arms of England prior to 1340; the other two have motifs of crowned letters. Griffiths notes that heraldry and enamelling occur commonly on harness pendants in the second half of the 13th century, and into the 14th century. Length 34.38mm, width 24.94mm, thickness (across loop) 7.10mm, thickness (across pendant) 2.50mm, weight 7.00g. | 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: | 1250
1350 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rachel Atherton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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