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Description: | A copper-alloy mount of Medieval date.The mount is lozenge-shaped, its upper surface filled by the design of a leaf with scalloped edge and projecting stem at the base. Contained within this leaf is the following heraldic device: Or three chevrons gules. Only traces of the red enamel and gilding remain; in addition, there is a suggestion of a dark enamel having filled the recess between the edge of the leaf and the lozenge's plain border. At the centre of the otherwise flat reverse there is an integral rivet of circular section. This rivet has been hammered over at the top, to secure it to the now-missing strap.Dimensions: 29.5mm long, 28.4mm wide, 2.2mm thick. Weight: 8.85g.It seems likely that the arms depicted on this mount allude to the de Clare family, Earls of Gloucester and Hereford from 1180 until 1314, when the last male heir was killed at the Battle of Bannockburn. Harness pendants bearing similar devices include PAS records BH-5DAF34, WILT-196765 and SF-652645. Steven Ashley illustrates similar lozengiform mounts from Norfolk (2002: fig. 18), plus several harness pendants (fig. 17), the dates for which seem to cluster around the late 13th to 14th centuries. Given this evidence, a date of c. 1250-1314 is suggested for this particular piece.
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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