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Description: | A Medieval (1250-1500) copper alloy gilded and enamelled shield-shaped heraldic horse harness pendant, blazoned: gules a fess between six cross crosslets or.The pendant has a red enamel background divided in two with a horizontal band. Above are three cross crosslets horizontally arranged, below are a further three arranged two over one. Gilding is missing on the cross crosslets but a small speck survives on the band. The red enamel background is almost intact above the band, but is mostly missing below.It measures 40.20x25.55x6.50mm and weighs 10.10g. Excluding the loop it measures 30.55mm long and 2.93mm thick.These are the arms of the Beauchamps, a very prominent Medieval family, one branch of whom became the Earls of Warwick. (Laura Burnett pers.comm.)Cf. WMID-1F4E67 on this database
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