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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy enamelled heraldic strap mount. Sexfoil with large shield, divided into two diagonally from top left corner; three pellets in each half on a red enamel background (the majority of the enamel is missing from the right upper half); the dividing line has six scallopings on each edge, and each of the resulting five lozenges contains a crudely scratched triangular or star-like mark. Central projecting sub-circular sectioned stud on the reverse, flattened and splayed at the end. The top-most petal is bent backwards. Slightly convex on the obverse & concave on the reverse. Diameter 31.18mm, thickness (including spike) 11.28mm, thickness (not including spike) 2.2mm, diameter of spike c.5.5mm, weight 13.79g.
Clark 1995 (The Medieval Horse and its Equipment c.1150-1450, HMSO) publishes four similar heraldic mounts with projecting studs (p69-70, fig 53, no.s 77-80), and notes their similarity to harness pendants, suggesting they are possibly also from horse harness, or the smaller ones from stirrups. All these examples are undated. Harness pendants published or discussed in the same publication are dated from the 12th century to the 15th century, being most common in the 13th-14th century. Clark notes that heraldic pendants probably appear in the second half of the 13th century (perhaps associated with the Welsh & Scottish wars of Edward I (1272-1307)). | 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: | 1270
1400 | 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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