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Description: | Cast copper alloy enamelled Medieval harness pendant.It is shield shaped with a circular attachment loop set perpendicular to the pendant at the top. The pendant's upper surface features moulded heraldic decoration in the form of three lions passant guardant arranged one above the other. The field is inlaid with red enamel and, although no trace survives of gilding, it is supposed that this is the typical English arms, 'Gules three lions passant guardant [Or]'. Many such examples can be found illustrated in Ashley (2002, 10; e.g. ref. 50). The red-brown metal is indicative of heating for gilding; it features traces of off-white and light-green corrosion product in places. As Ashley (2002, 8) notes, even though the English arms are usually shown quartered with the French after 1340 AD this date cannot be used as a definite terminus ante quem and is therefore offered tentatively below.HAMP-7C7246 is a very similar example already recorded on the PAS database.
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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