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Description: | A copper alloy shield-shaped stud with heraldic decoration. The shield is pointed. At the back is a central circular-sectioned stud with a flared head. Around the stud is a circular copper alloy rove. The front is decorated with an enamelled coat of arms comprising a red field with a horizontal band across the middle, three small birds above it and another three below. This is likely to be "Gules, a fess Or between six martlets Or", in which case they are the arms of the de Beauchamp family of Holt and Powick, Worcestershire.Date: Medieval - 14th centuryDimensions: 17.16 mm x 13.72 mm x 8.30 mmWeight: 3.94 gA harness pendant with the same coat of arms is recorded as DOR-542D87
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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