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Description: | Cast copper alloy enamelled heraldic harness mount of probable 14th-century date. The front of the mount is sub-triangular (shield-shaped) in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. The edges of the shield are slightly bevelled. The reverse of the shield has an integrally moulded spike, which is sub-rectangular in plan and cross section. This spike is bent upwards at an angle of 90 degrees and the tip broken, before the break it thins ion section presumably forming a blunt spike. The mount measures 18.8mm in length, 14.6mm in width, is 10.2mm thick and 1.9mm thick across plate. The spike measures 2.7mm width and 2.8mm thickness. The mount weighs 3.49 grams.The design on the front of the shield is near complete but abraded. It depicts a rampant lion facing left with a series of saltire crosses around the edge of the lion. This design is on a field of blue enamel and the lion and crosses are silvered. The border around the edge of the stud is also silvered. The heraldic description of this is: Azure, semy of saltires argent a lion rampant argent. The majority of the silvered surface is lost and elements of the enamelling have been lost through abrasion. The reverse face is flat and undecorated. The harness mount has a mid green uneven and corroded patina with patches of light green active corrosion present, specifically around the abraded edges. Similar shield-shaped horse-harness mounts or studs have been dated to the middle of the medieval period, specifically the 14th century (Griffiths: 1986: Horse Harness Pendants. Finds Research Group Data Sheet 5). A similar example is published by Steven Ashby in Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, cat no 74. This published example is linked with the Braose family, of which the Lord of Abergavenny and Radnor are linked, along with the de Mortimers. This link however maybe tenuous
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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