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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: SWYOR-2B9801
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy harness mount which is 18.5mm long, 14.6mm wide and 6.3mm thick. The mount is shield shaped with a pointed bottom, curved sides and a flat top. It is decorated with a blue enamel ground on which is an unintelligible design which may be an animal mask or a wreath containing a crown. There are traces of red enamel within the design. On the reverse is an integral spike with a hammered end. Similar heraldic horse harness pendants, which this was probably designed to match, can be seen in Cherry (1991) in Saunders (ed) Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 1. Harness pendants are generally dated from the twelfth to the fourteenth century, with circular and openwork examples predominating the twelfth century, more varied types in the thirteenth and fourteenth century including the enamelled and heraldic types more commonly (Griffiths, 1995, 'The Medieval Horse and its Equipment').
Class:
heraldic
Sub class: stud
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.5 mm
Width: 14.6 mm
Thickness: 6.3 mm
Weight: 3.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 28th November 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark, J. | 1995 | The Medieval Horse and its Equipment c.1150 - c.1450 | London | HMSO |
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