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Description: | A worn but complete cast copper-alloy Medieval harness stud. It has a shield shaped plate that has been slightly bent at its base due to post-depositional damage, and has an integrally cast shaft or rivet at the centre of the back face. This is rectangular in form, square in section and terminates with a flattened head. The front face of the plate carries a decorative, and probably heraldic, device depicting what appears to be a deer or hart left in red enamel, the field surrounding it preserving traces of gilding. The entire object measures 20.62mm in length (bent), 17.22mm in width, 17.46mm in depth/thickness (including rivet), and 5.30g in weight.This is a decorative, and probably heraldic, stud of Medieval date. A similar shield shaped pendant depicting a hart is noted by Ashley (2002: no. 84) and suggests a 13th-14th century AD date for the current example.
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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