Accession No
1934.800
Description
Copper alloy quatrefoil horse harness pendant, open-work design with angular projections. Front decorated with a shield in the centre, with blue (azure) and red (gules) enamel, bearing three smaller, dark-coloured shields. Traces of gilding present along the open-work quatrefoil on both sides. Suspension loop is mostly broken off and missing, but base of which is present on the top edege.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England
Period
Medieval
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [?monetary donor]; Lawrence, W. (Sir) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1934.800
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Gilt Copper Alloy; ?Gilt Bronze; Gold; Enamel
Local Term
Measurements
24mm
Events
Context (Display)
Previously mounted on perspex display board with handwritten label reading: 'ENAMELLED ARMORIAL PENDANT. NOT IDENTIFIED/ CLARKE GIFT. 34.800'.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Gilt bronze and enamel armorial pendant.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Sir W. Lawrence in 1934.
Event Date 1934
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy quatrefoil horse harness pendant, open-work design with angular projections. Front decorated with a shield in the centre, with blue (azure) and red (gules) enamel, bearing three smaller, dark-coloured shields. Traces of gilding present along the open-work quatrefoil on both sides. Suspension loop is mostly broken off and missing, but base of which is present on the top edege.
Event Date 14/11/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:45095
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