|
Date: |
|
Description: | Cast copper alloy horse harness pendant length 42mm, width 25mm, thickness 2mm, weight 4.25g. The face has the heraldic arms of three chevrons, these are recessed and filled with red enamel, the surface of the mount is gilt (Or, three chevronels gules). At the top of the shield is a lug with a singel rivet at its apex.This coat-of-arms belongs to the De Clare family who held the earldom of Gloucester between 1180-1314 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Gloucester. This particular artefact would date to the mid 13th to 14 century which would mean it will have belonged to one of three people of the de Clare family, either Richard de Clare 6th Earl of Gloucester 1222-1262, Gilbert de Clare 7th Earl of Gloucester 1243-1292, or Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl of Gloucester 1291-1314 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Gloucester. The de Clare family line ceased in 1314 with the death of the 8th Earl at the battle of Bannockburn (Hannan, 1997, 105-106). Therefore a date of 1250-1314 is most likely.Alan Hannan, 'Tewkesbury and the Earls of Gloucester: Excavations at Holm Hill, 1974-5' pp. 79-231 (in) Transactions of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (Vol 115)
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
|