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Description: | Medieval cast copper-alloy horse harness mount with enamelled decoration. Mount is shield shaped with the raised design of a lion in black, up on its rear legs and facing left, and blue enamel in the field. Traces of gilt have survived along the side edges of the mount and a long stud projects out from the back. It measures 19.48mm in long, 15.52mm wide, is 2.54mm thick and weighs 5.93g. The circular stud is 11.48mm long and has a single notch about half way down. Similar mounts can be found in Clark, J. (ed). 1995. The Medieval Horse and its Equipment c.1150-c.1450, pages 69-71, 77-80. | 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 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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