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Description: | A worn cast copper-alloy medieval shield-shaped harness mount. The shield is of the common 'heater' shape, that is, with a flat top, and sides which curve steeply to a point. The mount features an integrally cast stud projecting for c. 14.1mm from a just off centre position. The stud tapers from a diameter of 4.75mm at its junction with the body of the mount, to one of 4.1mm at its terminal. The front of the mount is decorated heraldically thus or (possibly), on a chief gules two mullets of six points or (possibly) pierced. A very similar stud is illustrated from Norfolk (Ashley 2002, 15; ref. 136) and a shield-shaped pendant with the same heraldry (ibid., 10; ref. 54). Two harness pendants with the same heraldry have been recorded on this database from the Isle of Wight: refs. IOW-544EA4 and IOW-0A3BB5.
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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