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Description: | A cast copper-alloy heraldic mount of medieval date. The circular mount has been slightly bent in profile. On its upper surface is bears an engraved and stamped shield of arms surrounded by laureate fronds. The shield can be described heraldically as: 'argent, on a chevron between three cinquefoils pierced gules, three bezants'. That is, this is a shield with a red chevron on which three gold disks, with two pierced five-petalled flowers above and one below, all on a silver ground. Traces of red enamel survive in the lower cinquefoil and the chevron, while traces of silvering survive in the ground; the field around (bearing the fronds) seems to have been gilded. The arms have been identified as those of the Edgerley (Edgley/Egerley) family, with branches identified in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. The object has been pierced centrally above the shield for attachment, as well as at the top of the chevron. Similar mounts can be found illustrated in Ashley (2002, 20; refs. 194, 195) which have been dated to the 15th century. As this family has been traced back to at least 1385 a slightly earlier date has been suggested. The artefact has some slight cracking at its circumference and some patches of green corrosion product on both faces.
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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