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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-1DB3A2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably of late 13th or 14th century date
The harness pendant is shield-shaped, with a straight top and slightly convex side edges. It is complete, with an overall length of 44.0mm, width of 26.7mm and a weight of 11.0g. The loop is at right angles to the pendant and has a length of 11mm, a depth of 7.5mm, with a thickness of 2.9 - 4.9mm near the pendant and an internal diameter of 2mm. The pendant without the loop is 34.2mm long and 3.5mm thick; it is slightly convex across both its length and width.
The heraldic device on the shield comprises a broad central horizontal bar (fess); above the fess is a row of three crosses with rounded trefoil terminals (bottony). Beneath the fess are another three bottony crosses, arranged with a row of two above a central single cross. Red enamel survives in both fields above and below the fess, surrounding the crosses. The raised fess and crosses have traces of gilding surviving on their surfaces: Gules a fess between six crosses crosslet (3,2,1) Or (Beauchamp). The surface has a bright green patina and elsewhere is brown.
Notes:
Arms: Beauchamp
Class: heraldic
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: 44 mm
Weight: 11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 11th June 2009 - Thursday 13th August 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2009.184.1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Edlesborough (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9915
Four figure Latitude: 51.82486
Four figure longitude: -0.564924
1:25K map: SP9915
1:10K map: SP91NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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