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Description: | A cast copper alloy heraldic strap fitting, probably for a harness strap or belt, dating to the medieval period. The fitting is shield shaped and a thick integral shank on the reverse would have been inserted and secured into a leather strap. The sheild bears arms that can be blazoned as: ' (unknown) two fess dancetty, in chief a label of three points gules'. A search of the available heraldic sources has not revealed any arms bearing two fess dancetty, however the arms of Erors de Hetells are the same as the above but with only one fess dancetty. Erors de Hetells appears in the European Rolls of the Thirteenth Century (no 3178, see http://brian-timms.net/page117.html). The style of the mount suggests a 13th or early 14th century date, which would concur with the reference stated above.
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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