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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: LEIC-819176
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval coppper alloy and enamel harness pendant, 33mm long, 21mm wide at top and 2mm thick. The obejct is in fair condition, missing a small fragment at its base and weighs 4.17grams.
The pendant is shield shaped with an integral suspenion loop. It depicts a lion rampant over a field of red enamel. This is surrounded by a wide foliate border which is mostly filled with blue enamel, but has a small section at each side which are filled with red, in a slightly darker shade than the centre..
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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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 4.17 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Rushcliffe (District)
To be known as: South Notts
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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