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Description: | Incomplete Medieval copper alloy enamel and gilt armorial shield-shaped horse harness pendant displaying the arms of England before 1340, with a broken loop and missing almost all its red enamel and gilding. It measures an incomplete 25.95mm in length, 15.75mm wide and 3.22mm thick, and weighs 4.65g. The shield is 20.61mm tall.Blazon: Gules three lions passant guardant Or. The three lions retain much of the gilding while the reverse has a redder gilded surface, possibly the original copper surface which has not entirely been suffered from bronze disease.The use of enamel suggests a date from c.1270 to 1340.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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