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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: NMS-6C22B4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval gilt copper alloy upright swivelling 'banner' from horse harness, two parts (now separate) comprising shield with horizontal loop projecting from one side to swivel on vertical bar with narrowed terminals (acting as integral rivets), the uppermost burred-over. Both faces of shield with gilt and enamelled armorial decoration: Or a fleur-de-lis Sable. Cf. Ashley (2002) nos. 241-3, closest to no.242. The bar probably originally projected vertically from the centre of a copper-alloy mount with two rectangular openings for leather straps to pass through, similar to that supporting a rectangular banner shown in Cherry (1991), Fig.2, no. 12. A circular example from London, complete with mount, is shown in Ward-Perkins (1940, Fig.40, no. 2), whilst another, from Mere Down, Wiltshire, can be dated to between 1351-61 (Shortt 1951). Bar: length 33mm, diameter 5.5mm. Shield: height 23mm, width 16mm, width loop 27mm. 14th century.
Sub class: elaborate set
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Diameter: 5.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2007
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Materials and construction
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley, S. | 2002 | Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk | Dereham | East Anglian Archaeology | nos. 241-3, closest to no.242. | ||
| Cherry, J. | 1991 | Harness pendants | Salisbury | Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum | Fig.2, no. 12. |
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