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Description: | A lead-alloy badge or mount, probably a livery symbol of the late medieval period. The badge is styled with the intricate depiction of an animal, either a boar or a wolf with its jaws open. Ferrous remains indicate rivets on the top and lower jaws, and these are also visible on the reverse at both ends of the badge. Traces of silvering or tinning are visible on the front of the badge.
Livery badges were used by retainers of lords or kings to demonstrate secular affiliations. Such badges were not subject to the formal rules and officialdom that governed the use of heraldry and as such devices might be used by different families, making it difficult to determine the ownership of livery badges (Spencer 1998, 278). Such badges were popular by the mid 14th century and remained so until the mid 16th century. However, it is suggested that the use of such badges reached its peak in the later 15th century, when private armies were involved in the dynastic dispute between the houses of Lancaster and York (Spencer 1998, 279). | 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: | 1350
1550 | 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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