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Description: | Cast copper shield shaped harness pendant. Protruding from the upper edge of the pendant is an integral loop set perpendicular to the face of the pendant, on a short, rectangular sectioned neck. One face of the pendant is decorated with a heraldic design, with two, possibly three, lions passant. The lions are covered within incomplete gilding; the field has traces of blue enamel. The reverse of the pendant is undecorated. There are traces of a heavy mid brown/green patina on the surface. It measures 47.33mm long and 26.45mm wide and weighs 12.54g. The condition of the pendant is poor and abraded.
Similar pendants in Ashley (Ashley, S 2002 Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk East Anglian Archaeology) are dated to the 13th to 14th centuries, Nos. 38 to 40. | 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: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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