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Description: | A cast, copper alloy, medieval heraldic pendant with enamel, dating from 1250-1400. It is a "lozenge shaped" pendant, similar to the "London Museum Medieval Catalogue", page 118, figure 38 (II). The lozenge shape is not uncommon, perhaps a change of fashion, it did not signify use by a lady until much later. It has lost all of its suspension loop. The place it has broken off from is obvious. There are small remnants of green enamel (not to be confused with the verdigris). There are also remnants of red enamel. Some gilding and silvering also survive. It has a dark brown patina and some light green verdigris. It measures 32.17mm x 28.23mm wide x 1.70mm thick. It weighs 4.80gm.The heraldry is; Or (gold) a lion rampant queue forchee vert (green), surmounted by a bend compony argent (silver) and gules (red). It has not been possible to find the same arms on the PAS database. Foster in "The Dictionary of Heraldry" lists several members of the Sutton family with similar arms, of a lion rampant. See page 187. A John de Sutton bore at the battle of Boroughbridge, 1322, a lion rampant azure (blue) oppressed by a batton gobony argent and gules. Very similar except the wrong colour of lion and the tail is single not forked. Crucially there is an example shown in Ashley's, "Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk", No. 162, pages 17 and 37. He states that it is Sutton "(variation of known coats, comprising a queue forchee and a bend)" The Ashley example seems exactly the same as the one under discussion. So much so that it was neccessary to check with him that his, illustrated with a line drawing, is different from this one. Both have slightly concave bends to the sides of the lozenge, and both have lost the loop in the same place. Probably both were made in the same place at the same time, although they were found many miles apart.
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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