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Description: | A cast copper-alloy horse harness pendant. The pendant is in the form of a large quatrefoil with a small right-angle in each corner. In the centre is a heraldic crest, though it is somewhat difficult to describe in the absence of colour. In the centre is a shield containing a chevron between three crosses bottony/fleury or even crosslet. There appears to be the remains of enamel in the background of the shield, and so the heraldy might best be described as 'gules a chevron between three crosses bottony or'. There is an incomplete loop at the top.Similar heraldry is seen for Sir Gilbert de Southworth (1323-6), HIgh Sheriff of Lancashire (Argent, a chevron between three crosses crosslet Sable (shown botony)). The heraldry is also similar for Lord Richie, though he may be too late for this form of harness pendant.
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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