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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: YORYM-3283D7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy shield-shaped harness pendant and hanger. The hanger and pendant are corroded together, perhaps by iron from the pin. The hanger is small, apparently with its attachment spike present on the reverse. The artefact is in poor condition, with the base of the pendant broken and the surface corroded; the surface has a light verigris colour. Much of the red enamel coating survives on the hanger; it forms the ground for a chevron, above which are two stars (mullets), and below which is a third. I. Szymanski has identified this as the arms of John le Sturmy, of Sutton Sturmy, Worcs; the chevron and mullets would have originally been silvered. His son Robert used the same arms. This artefact dates to the late 13th or early 14th century.
Notes:
Arms: Sturmy, le.
Identified by Irene Szymanski. Recorded in the Jim Halliday archive as Horsegear 198.
Class:
heraldic
Sub class: set
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st June 2002
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Recorded in the Jim Halliday archive as Horsegear 198
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Burghfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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