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Description: | A medieval heraldic copper alloy stud. Length: 30.4 mm, width: 28.4 mm, thickness: 8.6 mm and weight: 9.85 g. The stud is shield shaped with a central spike projecting from the back. This is bent and is circular in section. The design is horizontal stripes alternately recessed for enamel and raised. No colours survive. Round the edge are numerous little birds, recessed for enamel with traces of red colouring surviving. This suggests that it represents the arms of the Valence family: Barry argent and azure, an orle of martlets gules. The stud dates from the late 13th or 14th century.
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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