Accession No
1934.799
Description
Copper alloy shield-shaped horse harness pendant, bearing the Arms of England. Suspension loop on centre top. Front decorated with three lions facing left. Heraldic design described as ‘Gules, three lions passant guardant or’. Traces of red enamel on surface; approximately half of the suspension loop is broken off and missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England
Period
Medieval
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [?monetary donor]; Lawrence, W. (Sir) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1934.799
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze; Enamel
Local Term
Measurements
30mm
Events
Context (Display)
Previously mounted on perspex display board (along with 1937.275) with handwritten label reading: 'Pendants Arms of England. Clarke gift' and a later hand adding '37.275 Ely' and 'England 34.799'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Bronze armorial pendant showing traces of enamel. Arms of England - 3 leopards passant.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Sir W. Lawrence in 1934.
Event Date 1934
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy shield-shaped horse harness pendant, bearing the Arms of England. Suspension loop on centre top. Front decorated with three lions facing left. Heraldic design described as ‘Gules, three lions passant guardant or’. Traces of red enamel on surface; approximately half of the suspension loop is broken off and missing.
Event Date 14/11/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:45094
Images (Click to view full size):
