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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: LVPL1880
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Shield shaped harness mount, large integral rivet on back. Front decorated with enamel design of a butterfly in blue and white enamel on a red background. Possibility the arms represent the Audley family.
As cited in: The Coat of Arms (2013, Third Series, Volume 8(2)/no. 224, 128).
Notes:
Arms: Audley (possibly).
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Class:
heraldic
Sub class: stud
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Width: 27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 14th July 2001
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Heraldic
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Halton (Unitary Authority)
District: Halton (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: CHESHIRE HALE
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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