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Description: | Medieval (1340 to 14th century) harness pendant: The copper-alloy pendant is a quatrefoil in plan with a small triangular knop in the corners of the quatrefoil. The pendant has a perforated lug protruding from the upper edge. The lug has been cast perpendicular to the pendant, and around the loop there is a trace of the iron wire. The outer face of the pendant is decorated with a heraldic design which has a central rectangle whose field is filled with red (gules) enamel. There is a central design on this area, which is a lion passant guardant in high-relief. Beyond the red enamel, on the leaves of the quatrefoil, there is another motif, a lis, around which there is blue enamel. The reverse of the pendant is undecorated. The surface of the pendant is has an abraded dark brown-green patina. The pendant measures 34.97mm long, 23.97mm wide and 7.56mm thick at the loop, weighing 7.74g. The condition of the pendant is fair.Similar shaped pendants are dated to the post AD 1340 as quatrefoil shape is a later development (Ashley, 2002:23), and Ashley (2002) illustrates similar examples; Figure 21, Nos. 208-21315. The heraldry is quite likely to be that allusive to the Medieval royal arms of England, i.e. France and England quarterly (2002, 23).Ashley, S. 2002 Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk East Anglian Archaeology 101
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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