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Description: | Copper alloy stud. Cast heater shield shaped plate with an integrally cast fixing pin of diameter 3.8mm and length 6mm, burred at its end and therefore suggesting the object was attached to leather of thickness c.5mm. The display face bears extensive discontinuous traces of an enamelled field of probably dark blue or azure, and a diagonal bend or multiple bends of uncertain tint from which no evidence for the original tint remains. A 14th-century harness pendant with a blue field and a triple bend flanked by six lions (Jim Halliday, Metal Detecting Finds, Artefact or Coin Record Sheet: Harworth nr. Doncaster, South Yorkshire, A Medieval Horse Harness Pendant, dated 11 April 2011, horgr120) is identified as of the de Bohun family, Earls of Hereford and Essex, who were involved in the Scottish Wars and in opposition to the favourites of Edward II (1307-1325). This object shows no evidence for any heraldic beasts, though it would perhaps have been impractical for such to be rendered at such a small size, or their former presence might possibly be inferred from gaps in the remaining enamel. Suggested date: Medieval, 1300-1350.Length: 17.5mm, Width: 14.4mm, Thickness: 2.2mm, Weight: 3.09gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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