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Description: | Medieval, copper alloy, trefoil, uniface, harness pendant. It has been decorated with three triple pointed crowns, one within each foil. The pendant retains remnants of a finish, possibly silvering, over both faces. The incomplete suspension loop is positioned between the top two foils and turned at ninety degrees. A number of heraldic pendants of this shape are illustrated in Ashley (2002, fig. 21). They date from the 12th to the 14th centuries, but were more prolific in the late 13th and early 14th century (Griffiths, 1986). Ashley illustrates two examples of trefoil harness pendants from nearby Norfolk, and describes them as a comparatively rare type. Both of these bear the same decoration, the three crowns, which are the arms of the Bishop of Ely. The blazon of the arms is given as Gules three crowns Or. Dates to between c1200 and c1400 AD, probably late thirteenth to early fourteenth century.The length is 41mm, width 30mm, and the weight 9.61g.Similar records on the database include NMS-6FF080, NMS-A4F8A2, LEIC-344ED2, WAW-600DE5, CAM-67BD16 (with suspension mount), WILT-9C5CEE
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