Object

Accession No

1901.191 C

Description

Copper alloy shield-shaped horse harness pendant, bearing a hart facing left; heraldic or pseudo-heraldic. Suspension loop attached to the centre of the upper edge.

Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Wimpole

Period

Medieval

Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; Freeman, Samuel J. [collector]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1901.191 C; MAA: AR 1901.247

Cultural Affliation

Material

Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze

Local Term

Measurements

48mm

Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked with 'C.U.M.A.E. 1901.247' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang

Context (Display)
Previously mounted on perspex display board with handwritten label reading: 'Armorial pendant/ A hart gules/ Wimpole 1818/ C.A.S. AR 1901.247'.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang

Description (Physical description)
Armorial, shield shaped with a Hart Gules.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Samuel J. Freeman in 1818.
Event Date 1818
Author: maa

Context (Auction / Sale)
Fenton's Sale, Mildenhall, Samuel Freeman Collection. 1901.
Event Date 1901
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy shield-shaped horse harness pendant, bearing a hart facing left; heraldic or pseudo-heraldic. Suspension loop attached to the centre of the upper edge.
Event Date 14/11/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang

FM:16075