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Description: | A copper-alloy harness mount of probable 13th or 14th century AD date. The mount consists of a slightly domed quatrefoil plate which has a raised design of two crowns side by side with a single crown above. There is also a raised rim around the outer edge and traces of a blue enamel within the recesses. The design represents the arms of East Anglia: azure three crowns or. These arms were attributed by heralds in the 13th century to the Saxon Kings of East Anglia, but they appear also to have been used as the arms of St Edmund and therefore of the Abbey and shrine of Bury St Edmunds (Clark, p.49). The plate is heavily corroded. A single integral rivet projects from the centre point of the back of the plate. It is circular in section, tapers to a point, and is bent downwards. The object measures 46.3mm wide by 45.3mm high and up to 2.2mm thick at the centre of the plate. It weighs 18.6g. | 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
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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