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Description: | A large copper alloy medieval heraldic horse harness mount dating from the 13th to 14th century AD. The harness mount consists of a triangular (shield shaped) main plate with suspension loops extending from each corner on a short neck. The holes in these arms would have been secured to a harness strap or similar (also possibly a box for example), by copper alloy rivets, although these do not survive. The front of the mount has a moulded heraldic design with alternating raised and recessed triangular cells, 12 in all, radiating outwards from a central point (gyronny of twelve (or?) and azure). Because of the loss of one colour, it is not possible to be certain of the blazon, however gilding on harness pendants was common place and therefore it may be safe to assume that the blazon would have included gold (or). If this is the case then the arms may have belonged to members of the Bassingbourn family, who bore gyronny of 12, or and azure; Warin de Bassingbourn, sheriff of Northants in 1267, who died in 1269; his son, Edmund, of Blyborough, Lincolnshire, who is recorded as active in 1282-1289; and Edmund's probable son, another Warin, who was recorded as serving in the Falkirk campaign of 1298 and was still alive in 1317 (these notes taken from database record IHS-89CE33).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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